11/26/2025
🦃 Thanksgiving Break Home Practice Ideas! 🍁✨
Looking for SIMPLE ways to keep your kiddo’s speech & OT skills growing over the holiday? Here are some easy home practice ideas to keep your Turkeys working!
——-Speech Therapy Ideas (ST)——-
🍗 Name the foods on the table — great for vocabulary & describing!
👉 Following directions: “First put the napkin on the table, then bring me the spoon.”
🥣 Articulation practice: Say target sounds while stirring, decorating, or helping cook
📖 Retell the day: Beginning, middle, end!
——-Occupational Therapy Ideas (OT)——-
🥕 Help in the kitchen: Stirring, pouring, peeling—amazing fine-motor practice
🍽️ Set the table: Great for motor planning & sequencing
🦃 Craft time: Turkey handprints, tearing paper feathers, coloring placemats
👔 Self-care practice: Buttons, zippers, handwashing
🧡 Kids think they’re just helping… but they’re building real skills while making holiday memories.
✨ Happy Thanksgiving from our therapy family to yours! 🦃🍂