10 Free Websites For SLP Telepractice

Whether you are an SLP new to telepractice or have been doing it for years, we’re always looking for more websites, online games, and activities. Below are my top 10 go-to FREE websites that I use on a weekly basis in my SLP telepractice. My clients ask for them over and over.

Abcya

These games are interactive and lend themselves to working on any target. Abcya has tons of games but my absolute favorite is the ‘make a’ series. You can make a pizza, cupcake, cake, ice cream, cookie, backpack, robot, and skateboard. These games are a great way to work on descriptive language, giving directions, spatial concepts, sequencing, pretend play, etc!

YouTube Channels 

I love YouTube so much I’m listing it twice, channels and videos. Two kid-approved (and kid-appropriate) channels I use regularly are: Kids Compete and Ms. Booksy. Kids Compete has several short videos of kids navigating a homemade obstacle course in their neighborhood. Ms. Booksy is a fairy tale series narrated by a real person with colorful images running in the background. Ms. Booksy has done all of the classics- Aladdin, Alice in Wonderland, Nutcracker, Cinderella, and so on. These videos are a great way to work on describing, answering hypothetical questions, sequencing, etc.

YouTube Videos 

YouTube has everything you need! Most of your clients are familiar with YouTube and can make specific requests (just be sure it’s caregiver approved too). That’s a great way to learn more about videos out there while working on language or using the desired video as a reinforcer. You can even pull up a how-to video and recreate something with school-age children.

If you’re worried about working with really young ones, I recommend starting with YouTube videos. For my littles with very few words, I like to use YouTube to play nursery rhymes. I’ve worked with as young as 16 months and had the client’s attention for a full 50 minutes each week. During videos, I hit the pause button and wait for the child to finish the sentence with 1-2 words or to tell me when to ‘go’ before hitting play.

Mommy speech therapy

I love the word lists on this website because the words are organized by word position (initial, medial, final) and each list comes with 20 pictures. Obviously, this is great for articulation goals but I use the pictures for language- categories, describing, antonyms/synonyms, etc.

Home Speech Home

This website has hundreds of suggested activities but I love the word lists. Not only are there lists for all of the phonemes in English (including vowels) but the target words are organized by word position, number of syllables, and even placed into phrases, sentences, and reading passages for you. There are no pictures but I still use the word lists with my non-readers for my own reference. For readers, both kids and adults, there are endless ways to use these word lists- articulation, reading decoding and comprehension, antonyms/synonyms, fluency, etc.

Virtual Home Tours

You can take any real estate website that has virtual home tours and use this in therapy. The client can describe the house they want from the pictures shown and tell you how to navigate through the house (ex. go up the stairs, turn around, open the door) to target spatial concepts, sequencing, answering hypothetical questions, etc. To add a little more fun, ask the client how much he/she thinks the house costs or what they will play with the neighbors. Sample site

Wheel Decide

This is a free spinner that you can modify for any target. Literally, anything

Glow Words MadLibs

This free website is an online version of Mad Libs and has dozens of story titles to choose from. It says it’s geared towards 3rd grade and up but I use it with my non-readers as well. Have clients list words that contain their target to complete the story. Once the story is created, you and your client will giggle your way through the story (and your targets as well). I use these stories to work on any target- articulation, vocabulary, fluency, reading comprehension, auditory discrimination, etc.

Starfall

This website has both free and paid content. My free go-to’s are the ABCs and seasonal activities (on the Kindergarten and Pre-K page). These games are a great way to work on descriptive language, giving directions, spatial concepts, sequencing, etc!

Quia

This is great for school-age kids. It’s a website that contains hundreds of simple, pre-made speech and language games. You’ll just have to trust me and play around on the website, it has something for every target from awesome analogies to syllable pop up!

For more SLP telepractice ideas, check out 10 Speech and Language Activities for Telepractice That Are Not Online.

Written by: Kari Lim M.S., CCC-SLP