Make back-to-school speech therapy planning easier with 10 detailed school-themed busy scenes, matching language companions, short stories, and comprehension activities designed to target a wide range of receptive and expressive language skills with one cohesive resource.
Each school scene includes 40 targeted language prompts, a short scene-based story, 10 story comprehension questions, and 10 Look + Think questions for deeper language practice. That gives you 60 prompts and questions per scene and 600 total prompts/questions across the complete resource.
Instead of pulling out a different activity for every language goal in your group, use one engaging school scene to work on WH questions, yes/no questions, following directions, spatial concepts, vocabulary, listening comprehension, inferencing, sequencing, main idea, prediction, expressive language, and more.
What’s Included:
10 colorful school-themed busy scenes
10 matching language companion pages
10 short school-themed stories
100 story comprehension questions
100 Look + Think questions
400 visual language prompts
600 total prompts and questions
WH questions
Yes/no questions
Spatial concepts and prepositions
Following directions
Story comprehension
Inferencing and prediction
Sequencing and story retell
Main idea
Picture-to-story connections
Open-ended expressive language questions
School Scenes Included:
Reading Circle Time
School Playground
Gym
Speech Therapy Room
Classroom
Music Class
Art Class
Library
School Hallway
Nurse’s Office
One Scene, Multiple Language Targets
Each language companion and story is written specifically for the busy scene it accompanies, allowing students to use the same visual across multiple receptive and expressive language activities.
Start with the busy scene to work on:
Answering who, what, where, and other WH questions
Answering yes/no questions
Understanding spatial concepts and positional vocabulary
Following verbal directions
Identifying school vocabulary
Describing people, objects, and actions
Building visual attention and comprehension
Then extend the same scene with the coordinating short story to target:
Listening and reading comprehension
Recalling important story details
Identifying the main idea
Sequencing events
Retelling using first, next, and last
Making predictions
Answering inferencing questions
Explaining why events may happen
Connecting information from the story to the picture
Using visual clues to support comprehension
Answering open-ended questions
Expanding expressive language and complete responses
Story Comprehension + Look and Think
Every busy scene includes a short, engaging story based on the people, objects, and actions shown in the picture.
Students can answer 10 Story Comprehension questions to practice recalling information, sequencing events, identifying the main idea, and thinking beyond basic factual questions.
An additional 10 Look + Think questions encourage students to return to the picture, connect visual information with the story, make predictions and inferences, explain their thinking, and generate more spontaneous language.
This gives you the flexibility to use the same scene with students working at very different language levels.
Perfect for Mixed Speech Therapy Groups
Use these back-to-school language activities for:
Preschool and elementary speech therapy
Mixed language groups
Individual speech therapy sessions
Small-group intervention
Back-to-school themed therapy
Receptive language practice
Expressive language practice
WH question activities
Following directions activities
Spatial concepts and prepositions
Listening and reading comprehension
Story retell and sequencing
Inferencing and prediction
Main idea and details
Vocabulary development
Visual comprehension
No-prep or low-prep speech therapy sessions
The detailed scenes make it easy to adjust the level of support for individual students. Use the picture for visual support, read the story aloud for listening comprehension, have students read it independently when appropriate, use the included prompts as written, or expand responses with additional conversation and description practice.
Simply display or print a busy scene and choose the coordinating activity that matches your students’ goals. With 10 scenes, 10 short stories, and 600 total prompts and questions, you can address multiple language targets within the same group while keeping your back-to-school speech therapy planning simple.
If you are looking for a back-to-school speech therapy activity that combines busy scenes, WH questions, yes/no questions, following directions, spatial concepts, vocabulary, story comprehension, inferencing, sequencing, main idea, receptive language, and expressive language, this resource provides a comprehensive set of school-themed activities ready to use throughout the beginning of the school year.
Make back-to-school speech therapy planning easier with 10 detailed school-themed busy scenes, matching language companions, short stories, and comprehension activities designed to target a wide range of receptive and expressive language skills with one cohesive resource.
Each school scene includes 40 targeted language prompts, a short scene-based story, 10 story comprehension questions, and 10 Look + Think questions for deeper language practice. That gives you 60 prompts and questions per scene and 600 total prompts/questions across the complete resource.
Instead of pulling out a different activity for every language goal in your group, use one engaging school scene to work on WH questions, yes/no questions, following directions, spatial concepts, vocabulary, listening comprehension, inferencing, sequencing, main idea, prediction, expressive language, and more.
What’s Included:
10 colorful school-themed busy scenes
10 matching language companion pages
10 short school-themed stories
100 story comprehension questions
100 Look + Think questions
400 visual language prompts
600 total prompts and questions
WH questions
Yes/no questions
Spatial concepts and prepositions
Following directions
Story comprehension
Inferencing and prediction
Sequencing and story retell
Main idea
Picture-to-story connections
Open-ended expressive language questions
School Scenes Included:
Reading Circle Time
School Playground
Gym
Speech Therapy Room
Classroom
Music Class
Art Class
Library
School Hallway
Nurse’s Office
One Scene, Multiple Language Targets
Each language companion and story is written specifically for the busy scene it accompanies, allowing students to use the same visual across multiple receptive and expressive language activities.
Start with the busy scene to work on:
Answering who, what, where, and other WH questions
Answering yes/no questions
Understanding spatial concepts and positional vocabulary
Following verbal directions
Identifying school vocabulary
Describing people, objects, and actions
Building visual attention and comprehension
Then extend the same scene with the coordinating short story to target:
Listening and reading comprehension
Recalling important story details
Identifying the main idea
Sequencing events
Retelling using first, next, and last
Making predictions
Answering inferencing questions
Explaining why events may happen
Connecting information from the story to the picture
Using visual clues to support comprehension
Answering open-ended questions
Expanding expressive language and complete responses
Story Comprehension + Look and Think
Every busy scene includes a short, engaging story based on the people, objects, and actions shown in the picture.
Students can answer 10 Story Comprehension questions to practice recalling information, sequencing events, identifying the main idea, and thinking beyond basic factual questions.
An additional 10 Look + Think questions encourage students to return to the picture, connect visual information with the story, make predictions and inferences, explain their thinking, and generate more spontaneous language.
This gives you the flexibility to use the same scene with students working at very different language levels.
Perfect for Mixed Speech Therapy Groups
Use these back-to-school language activities for:
Preschool and elementary speech therapy
Mixed language groups
Individual speech therapy sessions
Small-group intervention
Back-to-school themed therapy
Receptive language practice
Expressive language practice
WH question activities
Following directions activities
Spatial concepts and prepositions
Listening and reading comprehension
Story retell and sequencing
Inferencing and prediction
Main idea and details
Vocabulary development
Visual comprehension
No-prep or low-prep speech therapy sessions
The detailed scenes make it easy to adjust the level of support for individual students. Use the picture for visual support, read the story aloud for listening comprehension, have students read it independently when appropriate, use the included prompts as written, or expand responses with additional conversation and description practice.
Simply display or print a busy scene and choose the coordinating activity that matches your students’ goals. With 10 scenes, 10 short stories, and 600 total prompts and questions, you can address multiple language targets within the same group while keeping your back-to-school speech therapy planning simple.
If you are looking for a back-to-school speech therapy activity that combines busy scenes, WH questions, yes/no questions, following directions, spatial concepts, vocabulary, story comprehension, inferencing, sequencing, main idea, receptive language, and expressive language, this resource provides a comprehensive set of school-themed activities ready to use throughout the beginning of the school year.
