This Month in Speech - October 2026

CEU Courses/Opportunities 

• https://www.michiganspeechhearing.org/msha_2026_public_schools_virtu.php 

• Format: In-person

• Description: MSHA Virtual Conference, Thurs Oct 22, 6:00-7:30pm

• 0.15 ASHA CEUs

Therapy Materials/Resources

Storyline Book Feature: Zombies Don't Eat Veggies 

• Link: https://storylineonline.net/books/zombies-dont-eat-veggies/ 

• Best for: K-3

• Description/target: Moe is a zombie who loves vegetables and tries to get his parents to see this viewpoint.

• Duration: 8 minutes

• How we use it and why we like it: We love this one for October due to the zombie characters! We use this story for comprehension with WH questions (who, what, where, when, why), story retell, and sequencing. 

FFT TPT Resource: Fall Visuals

• Link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-Visuals-Bundle-8564944 

• Best for: PreK - 3

• Description/target: Building vocabulary, receptive and expressive language, following directions, expanding utterances, and sentence structure.

• Duration: Varies

• How we use it and why we like it: You can use these to color, cut, glue, hide & find, place into a sensory bin, or make two copies for matching or Go Fish games. This has less of a Halloween theme and could be used into November!

Boom Cards: Three activities

• Links:

  • Following directions | Build a Pumpkin Freebie from Big Apple Classroom

  • Halloween Freebie, Make a Witches Brew Activity by Enlightenspeech

  • Halloween Basic Concepts by The Iced Coffee SLP

• Best for: K-4

• Description/target: Following directions and basic concepts

• Duration: Varies

• How we use it and why we like it: Very fun Halloween activities! 

Ultimate SLP: Costume Maker 

• Link: In Ultimate SLP, search “Costume Maker”

• Best for: K-10

• Description/target: You can use any target with the Ultimate SLP flashcards and use this activity in between as a reinforcer. You can also use this for describing, eliciting language, basic concepts.

• Duration: Varies

• How we use it and why we like it: Create an avatar first, then click to add or take away costume parts. Once you’re done, click Next to choose how many houses to trick-or-treat at. Some will give you treats, and some houses will give you tricks such as a ghost dance party or a bunch of bats flying out of the house. After you complete your houses, you can count your candy! 

I hope you found these opportunities and resources helpful!

-Amanda Sherman, M.S., CCC-SLP