March may be wrapping up, but there's still plenty of speech therapy fun to be had. This final week is filled with playful and creative National Day themes that make it easy to inspire discussions, build language skills, and keep students engaged until the very last day of the month.
Welcome to National Days in March Week 4 and Beyond. Whether you're celebrating imagination with Make Up Your Own Holiday Day (March 26), embracing creativity on Scribble Day (March 28), or enjoying arts and crafts on Crayola Crayon Day (March 31), these themed ideas will keep students craving more.
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Use the table below to explore some of the national days celebrated the first week in March. To avoid scrolling fatigue, use the quick links to view activity ideas and book suggestions for each theme.
or use these links to view:
March National Days Week 1 (March 1 - 7)
March National Days Week 2 (March 8 - 14)
March National Days Week 3 (March 15 - 21)
To view themes for all 12 months head over to 10 Reasons to Use National Day Themes for Easy Speech Therapy Planning.
*Free resource links listed here may change over time. Please check the original source for current availability and terms.
March National Days Week 4+
(Month-long Observances: Women's History, National Nutrition)
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March 22:
🤪 National Goof Off Day (March 22)
About: Celebrated every year as a reminder to take a break, be silly, and have fun! The day was created in 1976 by Monica Moeller, the granddaughter of newspaper columnist William D. Chase. It encourages people of all ages to relax, let loose, and enjoy some carefree moments—because everyone deserves a little fun!
Fun Facts:
Laughter can boost your mood! Studies show that goofing off and laughing can reduce stress and improve happiness.
Even animals enjoy goofing off! Dogs, cats, and even dolphins have been observed playing just for fun.
Goofing off can boost creativity. Taking a break from serious tasks can help your brain solve problems in new ways.
Articulation: Create sentences with target sounds that are intentionally goofy to make practice fun.
Stilly Sentences: Create sentences with target sounds that are intentionally goofy to make practice fun. Check out this free Would You Rather Tongue Twister Edition pdf download for "s, l, r" (from Nat'l Let's Laugh Day).
Tongue Twister Craft: Download Activity Tailor's Tongue Twister Craft on TpT.
Emoji Face Challenge: Get 100 articulation trials using the free Emoji Faces Articulation Challenges from SLPJess on Teachers Pay Teachers.
Silly Stories: Use Motivational Speechie's free Articulation Silly Stories for R on Teachers Pay Teachers
Language:
Following Silly Directions: Listening Fun offers a free Following Multistep Directions with Silly Movements on TpT. Throw in a few "touch your nose with your elbow" type directions if you need some spontaneous language!
Silly Stories: Create funny stories using a series of random pictures or words.
Rhyming Games: Think of words that rhyme with "goof", "goofy", "silly", "fun", "funny", "crazy", etc.
Open Ended Craft: Make goofy hats using construction paper and decorations (or odds and ends), then have students describe them.
Popular Children's Books:
The Book With No Pictures Written by B.J. Novak: A completely text-based book that forces the reader to say ridiculously goofy things, making kids giggle as they listen. This book is perfect for vocabulary and fluency practice. 📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud]
Pete the Cat and the Cool Cat Boogie Written by Kimberly & James Dean: Pete the Cat wants to dance, but everyone tells him he’s doing it wrong. He learns that the best way to boogie is to be himself and have fun in his own goofy way.📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud]
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Written by Mo Willems: A goofy pigeon tries to convince readers to let him drive a bus, using hilarious arguments and over-the-top antics to get his way.📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud]
March 23:
🐶 National Puppy Day (March 23)
About: A day to celebrate the joy and love that puppies bring into our lives. This day encourages people to adopt instead of shop, spread awareness about puppy mills, and, of course, spend extra time cuddling and playing with puppies!
Fun Facts:
Puppies are born with their eyes and ears closed and rely on their sense of touch and smell for the first two weeks.
The word "puppy" comes from the French word "poupee," which means doll or toy.
The largest litter ever recorded was 24 puppies! A Neapolitan Mastiff named Tia set this record in 2004.
Some puppies sleep up to 20 hours a day because their bodies and brains are growing so fast!
Each puppy’s nose print is unique, just like human fingerprints.
Articulation:
S Blends: Train Your Puppy S Blend Activity from Speech Tree Co on TpT provides lots of trials in a fun, play-based manner.
Free Printable Resources on TpT: Pet Themed S Blends Activity by SpeechTreeCo, Feed the Dog by Live Speak Love
Free Boom Cards: Feed Dottie Simple Reinforcer by Panda Speech, Feed the Dog TH Words by Linden Speech, Pet Patterns by Differentiated Kindergarten can be used as a token economy activity for articulation.
Other Boom Cards: Browse my Find My Pet Articulation Boom™ Cards ($) or subscribe to the Speech Hamster Newsletter and grab this Find My Pet freebie for 3 element clusters.
Language:
Puppy Leash: Use this free Puppy Leash PreK STEM Activity for students to design and create a leash using a single piece of paper.
Free Boom Cards: Puppy Prepositions by SpeechRUs, Dogs at School Picture Scenes by Language Speech and Literacy, Dog Themed Inferencing Sampler by KKnight Therapy, Doggie Detectives! by Speechbop, Dog Comes Home SLAM cards for language sampling by Leaders Project.
Free Resources: Browse these dog themed resources on Teachers Pay Teachers.
Directed Drawing Activities: Use sequenced drawing cards within your speech and language activities to draw a dog. Watch this How to Draw a Dog YouTube video or sign up for the Speech Hamster Newsletter to download the free printable Drawing Pets Articulation Practice Companion Activity that includes drawing a dog.
Crafts: Grab this cute Puppy Craft by Smells Like Teach Spirit on TpT or check out this printable puppy craft on LearnCreateLove. The MrsMerry site offers a color version of Build a Puppy to download and print. DIY Sponge Nose prints: cut a puppy nose shape out of a sponge and use black paint to make nose print art.
Popular Children's Books:
If You Give a Dog a Donut Written by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond: A playful dog takes readers on a silly adventure full of fun and surprises, following the same circular storytelling style. 📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud] 🛒 [Free Resources on TpT]
Harry the Dirty Dog Written by Gene Zion and illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham: Harry is a white dog with black spots who hates baths and runs away to get as dirty as possible—until he starts missing home. 📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud]
March 24:
🍫 National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day (March 24)
About: Celebrates the delicious combination of sweet raisins and rich chocolate.
Fun Fact: The largest box of chocolate-covered raisins weighed over 3,000 pounds!
Articulation:
Yep, I'm going there. Chocolate covered raisin "poop" pellets. Your students will love lining up raisins behind a small stuffed animal (or similar) as they practice their target sounds/words.
Too much? Have students collect the raisins to spell out their name or use different colors of yogurt covered raisins to create a unique piece of art.
You can also use the raisins to cover up images on any of your 100 trials worksheets. If you haven't already, be sure to grab the 100 Practice Trials for Speech freebie by Adventures in Speech on TpT.
Language:
Surprise! More poop games. Hide a chocolate covered raisin inside a pill box (you know, the ones that are labeled MTWRF) and fill the other boxes with mini objects. Students open up a box and describe what they found. The "game" ends when the "poop" box is opened. You can use plastic eggs or other small containers too!
Guess How Many? games: use a raisin or Raisinete box as your shaker. Place 1-6 chocolate covered raisins inside and have students guess how many? If correct, they earn the same number of "points". If incorrect, they will answer the same number of questions as there are raisins in the box (or name the same number of items in a category or follow the same number of directions, etc.).
Raisin Words: How many words can your students create out of the word "raisin" or "chocolate raisin"?
Popular Children's Books:
How do You Raise a Raisin? Written by Pam Muñoz Ryan and illustrated by Craig Brown: Find out how grapes become raisins, who introduced the seedless grape, and the many uses for raisins. 📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud]
How Did That Get in My Lunchbox? Written by Chris Butterworth and illustrated by Lucia Gaggiotti: This nonfiction book teaches kids about where food comes from. 📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud]
March 25:
🧇 International Waffle Day (March 25)
About: International Waffle Day celebrates the crispy, golden, delicious breakfast treat that has been enjoyed for centuries. Waffles originated in Belgium and became popular worldwide. (National Waffle Day is celebrated on August 24th)
Fun Fact: The world’s largest waffle weighed 110 pounds and was over 8 feet wide!
Articulation: The Cinchy Speech offers a free Waffle Color By Code Articulation resource for 17 speech targets on Teachers Pay Teachers. Shelby Dickson's TpT store offers a free Waffles and Eggs Feelings Flashcards that could be used as a memory game along with articulation cards paper-clipped to the back of them. The Short "a" Waffle Rhyme Game could be used for working on final consonant deletion.
Language:
Create a story entitled "My Waffles" or "The Awful Waffle".
Name words that begin with each letter of the word W A F F L E
Name different waffle toppings. Use the Waffle and Eggs Feelings Flashcards listed above for matching and/or talking about feelings.
Coloring Page: Download this free National Waffle Day Coloring Page on TpT to use during any speech/language activity. Color in one square for each task completed, etc.
Popular Children's Books:
Woodpecker Wants a Waffle Written and illustrated by Steve Breen: Benny the woodpecker wants to try a waffle, but the other animals say woodpeckers don’t eat waffles. He hatches a funny plan to prove them wrong. 📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud]
March 26:
🎉 National Make Up Your Own Holiday Day (March 26)
About: This unofficial holiday is all about fun, imagination, and self-expression to celebrate anything you want! It’s a chance to be creative and invent a brand-new holiday, whether it’s "Stay on the Couch Day," "Swedish Fish Day," or "Inside Out Day."
Fun Facts:
Anyone can create a holiday! Some official holidays started as made-up celebrations.
The U.S. has thousands of national days, including National Donut Day and Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Articulation:
Target Word National Days: After practicing a selection of target words, have your students randomly select one of the words and make that word a national holiday (e.g., National Skunk Day). Discuss what this holiday could be about and how would it be celebrated.
Celebration Themed Words: Create a list of speech sound targets using words that fall within the "celebration" category. For example:
B: balloons, banner, birthday, bubbles, bash, band, bouquet, bonfire, banquet, bells.
P: party, present, parade, popcorn, performance, piñata, picnic.
M: music, mask, memories, mirth, marching, magic, milestone, merriment, meal, midnight.
T: toast, tinsel, tiaras, twinkling, tickets.
D: decorations, dancing, delightful, dazzling, dedication, dress-up, dessert, display.
N: nighttime, noisemakers, novelty, name, national, new, nostalgia, noteworthy, notice.
C/K: cake, confetti, candles, card, costume, carnival, crown, celebration, cupcake, kindness, kiss, kettle corn, keepsake, kudos, karaoke.
D: dance, decorate, delight, disco, dessert, day, display, dinner.
F: festive, fireworks, feast, fun, fancy, favors, photos.
V: victory, vibrant, venue, valentine, velvet, vacation, variety.
G: gift, games, garland, gathering, gold, guest.
L: lights, laughter, lanterns, love, limbo, lucky, lavish, lively, leisure.
L Blends: play, blow, float, flash, glitter, glow
R: ribbon, reception, ribbons, roar, reunion, ring, revelry, refreshments, ride, raise.
R Blends: prize, treats, trophy, drumroll, dress-up, friends, greeting, grand,
S: celebrate, celebration, surprise, save, see, signs, singing.
S Blends: Streamers, sparklers, snacks, stage, speech, special, sweet.
Th: thanks, theme, thrill, thoughtful, theater, thriving, third, thirsty, thousand.
Sh: shimmer, shining, shiny, shout, show, showcase, sharing, shapes, sugar, shakers.
Ch: cheer, chocolate, cheese, chew, chatter, children, charity.
J: joy, jolly, jamboree, jingle, jump, jest, jewel, jubilant, jazz.
Language:
Create a National Holiday: Have your students create their own National Day with this free Make Up Your Own Holiday Fill in the Blank Story download.
Describe a National Day and have your student's guess the name.
National Day Names: have your students create a list of adjectives and a list of nouns. Place all the adjectives in one pile and the nouns in another pile. Take turns drawing and adjective and a noun and stating the new National Day. Example: National (adjective)+ (noun) Day = National Yellow Sock Day).
Popular Children's Books:
Let's Celebrate! Special Days Around the World Picture Book Written by Kate DePalma and illustrated by Martina Pelusa: Experience the wonder of 13 holidays from around the world. 📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud]
What Do You Celebrate? Holidays and Festivals Around the World Written by Whitney Stewart and illustrated by Christiane Engel: 14 special occasions where people dance, dress up, eat yummy foods, and enjoy other fun traditions that have been passed down from generation to generation. 📖 [Amazon Link]
🎩 National Wear a Hat Day (March 26)
About: A fun celebration encouraging people to wear hats of all shapes, sizes, and styles. This day originally started in the UK to raise awareness for brain tumor research but has since become a lighthearted excuse to show off creative hats!
Fun Facts:
The tallest hat ever worn was over 15 feet high!
Abraham Lincoln’s top hat had a secret compartment where he kept important papers.
The tradition of wearing hats indoors or outdoors varies in different cultures.
There’s a world record for the most people wearing party hats at once—it was set at over 50,000 people!
Articulation:
Hat Game: Place practice cards inside a hat, taking turns to draw a picture/word out of the hat to practice.
HeadBanz: If you have the HeadBanz game, replace the cards with articulation targets.
Phonological Awareness: Name words beginning with "H", or rename color words so they begin with "h" (e.g, red = hed, yellow = hellow).
Hat crafts: Designed for working on writing digraphs, use these free Digraph Hats from Down in Kinderville with student's practicing "th", "ch", "sh" words.
Language:
Rhyming Words: name words that rhyme with "hat".
Game: Who's Hat is That? by Speech with Sharon on Teachers Pay Teachers.
Hat Crafts: There are so many free hat crafts on Teachers Pay Teachers.
Who Questions: Who is Wearing a Hat by A Sprinkle of Speech on TpT.
Clip Art: Create your own activity using any of these free hat-themed clip art resources on TpT.
Popular Children's Books:
The Hat Written by Jan Brett: As Lisa's woolen stocking blows off the clothesline, Hedgie discovers it and sticks his nose inside. He attempts to remove it, but the stocking becomes entangled in his prickles — and the adventure starts. 📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud] 🛒 [Free Resources on TpT]
Hooray for Hat! Written and illustrated by Brian Won: A grumpy elephant gets a mysterious gift—a hat! He shares it with his friends, spreading happiness in this charming story about kindness and sharing. 📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud]
March 27:
🎨 National Scribble Day (March 27)
About: Encourages creativity, self-expression, and fun through scribbling! This day reminds us that everyone can be an artist and that scribbles can bring joy, storytelling, and confidence to young learners.
Fun Facts:
Scribbling is an important pre-writing skill—it helps children develop fine motor skills and prepare for handwriting.
Famous artists like Picasso and Van Gogh started with scribbles before mastering their skills.
Scribbling helps kids express emotions—sometimes, a quick scribble can say more than words!
Articulation:
Scribble Art - iculation: Students can draw scribbles using a different colored crayon after completing a round of speech trials/tasks. Add googly eyes at the end and name each scribble.
String Art: Print out any articulation worksheet and use string and paint to "scribble" over each target word. Dip the string in paint then slowly lay it on top of the image. Rename the image: Scribble Snake, Scribble Snowman, Scribble Snail.
White Crayon Words: Write articulation words on white paper using a white crayon. Have students scribble over the paper with a marker to reveal the hidden words.
Language:
Scribble Word: How many words can your students create from the word "scribble"?
Vocabulary: Name words that begin with the letters from S C R I B B L E.
Scribble Art: Students can draw scribbles using a different colored crayon after completing a task. Add googly eyes at the end and name each scribble.
Create a Story: Have student "scribble" out a main character. Use the Let's Tell a Fairy Tale Story Grammar Outline (free download).
Popular Children's Books:
I’m NOT Just a Scribble Written by Diane Alber: little scribble feels left out because the other drawings don’t accept him, but soon, he shows them that scribbles can be fun, creative, and unique. 📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud]
The Dot Written and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds: Vashti believes she can’t draw until her teacher encourages her to just make a mark—a simple dot—which leads to a journey of self-expression and creativity. 📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud]
Beautiful Oops! Written by Barney Saltzberg: This interactive book celebrates mistakes, showing that splatters, tears, and scribbles can turn into something wonderful with a little creativity. 📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud]
March 28:
🍡 National Something on a Stick Day (March 28)
About: This fun food holiday celebrates all kinds of foods served on a stick—from corn dogs and popsicles to fruit kabobs and skewers. The day reminds us that eating things on a stick is not only convenient but also fun and delicious!
Fun Fact: The first popsicle was invented in 1905 when an 11-year-old left his soda outside with a stick in it overnight.
Articulation:
"Stick" with Your Sounds: Write words with the target sound on popsicle sticks and have students pull a stick and say the word in a sentence.
Words on Stick: Use printable pictures of speech targets and hole punch each one. Students can practice saying their words as they slide them onto a popsicle stick (or similar).
Magnet Stick Sensory Bin: Use printable pictures and add staples to them before hiding them in a sensory bin. Students will stir the bin with a magnet stick and see what "sticks".
Language:
Naming foods on a Stick: how many food items can your students think of that can be served on a stick? Here are a few: corn dog, cotton candy, popcorn balls, candy apple, caramel apple, cake pops, Lollipops, chocolate-covered bananas, chocolate-covered strawberries, roasted marshmallows, ice cream bars, frozen yogurt pops, popsicles, shish kebabs, grilled shrimp, fruit or veggie kabobs, satay, yakitori, souvlaki.
Food Sort: Browse these free food sorting activities on Teachers Pay Teachers and choose one or two that would fit into a "Would You Rather Eat ___ on a Stick or ___ on a Stick" activity.
Popular Children's Books:
Stanley's Stick Written by John Hegley and illustrated by Neal Layton: Stanley loves his ordinary stick, but with a little imagination, it turns into a fishing rod, a rocket, and even a magic wand! 📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud]
I Will Not Eat You Written by Adam Lehrhaupt and illustrated by Scott Magoon: Theodore sees everything as potential food. Luckily for the bird, wolf, and tiger passing by, he's not hungry yet. Then a boy appears. Has Theodore found a new favorite meal, or something else? 📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud]
Not a Stick Written by Antoinette Portis: This book shows how a stick can transform into anything—from leading an orchestra to defeating a dragon—unleashing a child's imagination and magic.📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud]
March 29:
🧜 International Mermaid Day (March 29)
About: Celebrates mythical sea creatures that have fascinated people for centuries. Mermaids appear in folklore, fairy tales, and legends worldwide, from Ariel in The Little Mermaid to sirens in Greek mythology.
Fun Fact: "Mermaid tears" is a nickname for sea glass, colorful glass pieces smoothed by the ocean.
Articulation:
Mermaid Treasure Hunt: Hide pictures or small objects featuring words with target sounds inside a sensory bin full of plastic gems or under shells.
Mermaid Colors: Use this free Mermaid Roll & Graph Math Activity by Up and Away in Pre-K on Teachers Pay Teachers. To make it a speech activity, include a target words or pictures for your students to practice after rolling the dice and before coloring in the graph.
Mermaid Thumbprint Art: Panda Speech offers a free Mermaid Thumbprint Art activity that could easily be used as an articulation activity.
Phonological Awareness:
Rhyming: Have students come up with rhyming words for mermaid-themed words: sea, wave, shell, tail, swim, splash
Syllable Splash: Clap out the syllables in ocean-themed words and sort them into 1, 2, or 3 syllables.
1 Syllable: fish, shell, wave, pearl, crab, tail
2 Syllables: mermaid, ocean, coral, seaweed, seahorse, treasure
3 Syllables: octopus, jellyfish, shimmering, magical
Language:
Mermaid Clip Art: Browse Teachers Pay Teachers for clip art or check out these by Digital Doodle Designs that includes numbers. Add the images to a document (Word, Powerpoint) then print and cut. Students can choose a mermaid and answer the same number questions or list the same number of items in a category or follow the same number of directions, etc.
Circle Time Fun: Use this Five Little Mermaids Action Rhyme resource as a circle time activity for your younger students (Mrs. Mama Bird on Teachers Pay Teachers).
Following Directions: Speech Therapy with Lenden-Holt offers this free Mermaid and Dolphins Following Directions Coloring Sheet on TpT.
Create a Story: Using a mermaid as the main character, download this free Let's Tell a Fairy Tale Story Grammar Outline to create a mermaid "tale".
Mermaid Freeze Dance: Play ocean music and let students dance like mermaids. When the music stops, give them a silly speech task like, “Say three words that start with ‘S’ before swimming again!”
Boom Cards: Browse these free mermaid themed Boom Cards for speech therapy on Boom Learning.
Popular Children's Books:
Juliàn is a Mermaid Written and illlustrated by Jessica Love: Juliàn, a young boy who is captivated by mermaids and imagines himself as one, using household items to create a flowing costume. When his Abuela discovers him, she responds with love and support, encouraging his self-expression and imagination. 📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud]
How to Catch a Mermaid Written by Adam Wallace and illustrated by Andy Elkerton: This story follows a group of children as they try to outsmart and capture a mermaid using creative traps and clever tricks. 📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud] 🛒 [Free Resources on TpT]
March 30:
✏️ National Pencil Day (March 30)
About: National Pencil Day celebrates one of the most important writing tools in history! The modern pencil was first patented on March 30, 1858, and it continues to be a symbol of creativity, learning, and invention.
Fun Fact: A single pencil can draw a line about 35 miles long!
Articulation:
Pencil Containers: Write target words on these free editable Pencil Name Tags (Miss Jacobs Little Learners on TpT) and place them in a container. Students pick a pencil and say the word by itself or in phrases/sentences.
Erase It! Speech Game: Write target words on a paper. If the student says the word correctly three times, they get to erase the word from the list.
Toss It: Tape target words to cups and place across the table or room. Students label the cup they will try to toss the pencil into - OR- to avoid the "tossing" part, students place a pencil in the bend of their arm and drop the pencil into a cup using no hands!
Language:
Vocabulary Concepts: Teach "sharp" vs. "dull" and sort pencils accordingly.
Pencil Bouncing Data: Download this free Fun Data Pencil Bouncers activity for your older students (Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder, TpT).
Mystery Reading Passage: Grab this reading passage with questions: The Case of the Missing Pencil (A Plus Literature Guides, TpT).
STEM Activity: Support your student's language goals with science! Design a pencil tower using this free Tower of Pencils activity (Tied 2 Teaching, TpT)
Following Directions: Collect different assortments of pencils (e.g., long, short, dull, sharp, yellow, red, sparkly, etc.) and use them as linguistic differentiators for following directions.
Popular Children's Books:
The Pencil Written by Allan Ahlberb and illustrated by Bruce Ingman: A lonely pencil draws objects that magically come to life, including a boy, a dog, and a cat. As chaos ensues in the colorful world, the pencil draws an eraser to correct mistakes, but the eraser begins erasing everything. 📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud]
Linus The Little Yellow Pencil Written by Scott Magoon: A bright yellow pencil dreams of creating something amazing, but his eraser, Ernie, constantly criticizes his drawings. Discouraged, Linus learns that creativity involves embracing mistakes, and by collaborating with Ernie, they create something truly special. 📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud]
Pencils on Strike Written by Jennifer Jones: Following a group of overworked pencils who refuse to write until their owner, Lucas, starts treating them better. Through humorous complaints and demands, the pencils teach Lucas the importance of appreciation, creativity, and taking care of his school supplies. 📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud]
March 31:
🖍️ National Crayola Crayon Day (March 31)
About: Celebrates the joy of coloring and the history of Crayola crayons, which were introduced in 1903. Since then, they have been a staple in classrooms and homes, helping children express creativity.
Fun Facts:
The first Crayola crayons came in a box of eight colors: black, brown, blue, red, purple, orange, yellow, and green.
Crayola has made over 200 different crayon colors!
The smell of crayons is one of the most recognizable scents in the world.
The largest crayon ever made weighed over 1,500 pounds!
Crayons can last for years, but melted crayons can be turned into new art!
Articulation:
Pick a Crayon, Any Crayon: Using a small box of crayons, wrap masking tape around the bottom end of each crayon. Write a number on the tape and place the crayons back in the box. Students will choose a crayon and practice the same number of target sounds/words before coloring with the crayon. Use this free Fun In Speech coloring page download.
White Crayon Words: download this Mystery Speech Words Activity (Texas Speech Mom, Teachers Pay Teachers). Write target words using white crayon then students mark over them with a colored marker to reveal the word.
Color Squares: Use this simple partner coloring activity as a 45 Trials worksheet: Color Squares (Ms. Arnold, Teachers Pay Teachers).
Rainbow Words: Draw or print a rainbow outline. Write target words on the rainbow. Students color over the words as they practice them.
Color By Number: Check out this free Spring Sampler Color By Number Articulation Pages for L & L Blends on TpT. Or grab the full resource here:
Language:
Categories: Sarah C the SLP offers this free Crayon Vocabulary & Category Activity on Teachers Pay Teachers. Sort the words on the crayons into the correct crayon box.
Following Directions: Grab a box of crayons and have students follow verbal directions using the colored crayons as differentiators (e.g., put the red crayon behind you and the blue crayon under your chair) or have them follow directions for drawing an image.
Crayon Mystery Bag: Put crayons inside a bag or box and give students clues to guess the color (e.g., This color is the color of grass). Have them name other items that are the same color.
Craft: Print this Crayon Hats template (Crayola Queen, TpT) on colored paper.
Popular Children's Books:
The Day the Crayons Quit Written by Drew Daywalt and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers: Duncan’s crayons each write letters to him, explaining why they’re overworked, underused, or feeling left out. 📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud] 🛒 [Free Resources on TpT]
Harold and the Purple Crayon Written and illustrated by Crockett Johnson: Harold creates his own world using just a purple crayon, showing the power of imagination. 📖 [Amazon Link] 🎥 [YouTube Read Aloud]
Wrapping Up March with Even More Speech Therapy Fun
March may be winding down, but there’s still plenty of fun left to squeeze into your speech therapy sessions! Whether you're stacking up language activities for Waffle Day, drawing conclusions on Pencil Day, or stretching the imagination with Something on a Stick Day, these playful themes offer endless ways to keep students engaged.
See More National Day Themes for March:
March National Days Week 1 (March 1 - 7)
March National Days Week 2 (March 8 - 14)
March National Days Week 3 (March 15 - 21)
Quick Link to View All 12 Months: 10 Reasons to Use National Day Themes for Easy Speech Therapy Planning (each month's themes are noted at the end).
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