Looking for a meaningful Chrysanthemum speech therapy craft that goes beyond coloring and cutting? This interactive flower craft encourages students to celebrate what makes them unique while practicing their individualized speech and language goals. Inspired by Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes, this literacy-based activity helps students build confidence, reinforce positive self-esteem, and make meaningful connections to the story as they create a beautiful flower they'll be proud to display.
Instead of ending your read aloud with a simple worksheet, students actively participate by coloring, decorating, writing their own speech words on each flower petal, and assembling their personalized chrysanthemum. As they build their flower one petal at a time, they practice their speech targets, retell the story, discuss the book's message, and reflect on what makes them unique. This hands-on activity creates natural opportunities for meaningful conversations while reinforcing communication skills in an engaging, memorable way.
This resource includes:
• Interactive Build-a-Flower craft
• Printable flower center
• Five printable flower petals
• Build-a-Flower template
• "My Speech is Beautiful" flower craft
• School-themed speech sound word lists
• Language discussion companion
• Step-by-step craft directions and assembly guide
Why SLPs and teachers love this resource:
• Pairs perfectly with Chrysanthemum to create a meaningful literacy-based speech therapy session
• Reinforces the story's themes of confidence, kindness, acceptance, and celebrating what makes us unique
• Encourages students to actively practice their speech and language goals while creating a personalized craft
• Creates natural opportunities for story retell, discussion, vocabulary development, and personal connections
• Helps students build confidence by celebrating their communication successes alongside Chrysanthemum's journey
• Provides a hands-on alternative to traditional worksheets that keeps students engaged from beginning to end
• Gives students a meaningful keepsake they can proudly display or take home
• Low-prep printable resource that can be printed and reused year after year
• Perfect for speech therapy, classroom activities, literacy centers, and back-to-school lessons
This resource is perfect for:
• Speech therapy
• Literacy-based speech therapy
• Chrysanthemum book companions
• Back-to-school speech therapy activities
• Speech therapy crafts
• School-based speech-language pathologists
• Preschool through elementary students
• Individual therapy
• Small group speech therapy
• Classroom literacy extensions
• Special education classrooms
• Social-emotional learning connections
Chrysanthemum reminds students that our differences are something to celebrate, and this interactive craft helps bring that message into your speech therapy sessions. As students create their own flower and practice their communication goals, they also reflect on confidence, kindness, and the importance of embracing what makes them unique. It's a meaningful way to extend the story beyond the read aloud while giving students a creative keepsake that celebrates both their individuality and their progress in speech therapy.
Looking for a meaningful Chrysanthemum speech therapy craft that goes beyond coloring and cutting? This interactive flower craft encourages students to celebrate what makes them unique while practicing their individualized speech and language goals. Inspired by Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes, this literacy-based activity helps students build confidence, reinforce positive self-esteem, and make meaningful connections to the story as they create a beautiful flower they'll be proud to display.
Instead of ending your read aloud with a simple worksheet, students actively participate by coloring, decorating, writing their own speech words on each flower petal, and assembling their personalized chrysanthemum. As they build their flower one petal at a time, they practice their speech targets, retell the story, discuss the book's message, and reflect on what makes them unique. This hands-on activity creates natural opportunities for meaningful conversations while reinforcing communication skills in an engaging, memorable way.
This resource includes:
• Interactive Build-a-Flower craft
• Printable flower center
• Five printable flower petals
• Build-a-Flower template
• "My Speech is Beautiful" flower craft
• School-themed speech sound word lists
• Language discussion companion
• Step-by-step craft directions and assembly guide
Why SLPs and teachers love this resource:
• Pairs perfectly with Chrysanthemum to create a meaningful literacy-based speech therapy session
• Reinforces the story's themes of confidence, kindness, acceptance, and celebrating what makes us unique
• Encourages students to actively practice their speech and language goals while creating a personalized craft
• Creates natural opportunities for story retell, discussion, vocabulary development, and personal connections
• Helps students build confidence by celebrating their communication successes alongside Chrysanthemum's journey
• Provides a hands-on alternative to traditional worksheets that keeps students engaged from beginning to end
• Gives students a meaningful keepsake they can proudly display or take home
• Low-prep printable resource that can be printed and reused year after year
• Perfect for speech therapy, classroom activities, literacy centers, and back-to-school lessons
This resource is perfect for:
• Speech therapy
• Literacy-based speech therapy
• Chrysanthemum book companions
• Back-to-school speech therapy activities
• Speech therapy crafts
• School-based speech-language pathologists
• Preschool through elementary students
• Individual therapy
• Small group speech therapy
• Classroom literacy extensions
• Special education classrooms
• Social-emotional learning connections
Chrysanthemum reminds students that our differences are something to celebrate, and this interactive craft helps bring that message into your speech therapy sessions. As students create their own flower and practice their communication goals, they also reflect on confidence, kindness, and the importance of embracing what makes them unique. It's a meaningful way to extend the story beyond the read aloud while giving students a creative keepsake that celebrates both their individuality and their progress in speech therapy.
