10 Free Online Speech Therapy Games and Resources

Using free online games for speech therapy can be a fun and effective way to help children develop their speech and language skills. This curated list of free online speech therapy games and resources support speech and language development and create an environment of fun!

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My Child Resists Speech Therapy

I hear it all of the time for parents struggling with how best to help their child complete recommended speech and language interventions. Not only that, I lived it with my own child, who, to this day, will tell you how stressful speech therapies were for him.

Because resistant, anxious children cannot retain learning the way a relaxed and engaged learner can, I’ve put together a list of easy, fun, gamified online resources to help your child practice and improve in their speech and language goals.

Free Online Speech Therapy Games and Resources

  1. Starfall
    • Website: Starfall
    • Features: Starfall offers interactive reading games and activities that help with phonics, pronunciation, and vocabulary. It’s designed for young children and provides engaging, educational content.
  2. PBS Kids
    • Website: PBS Kids Games
    • Features: PBS Kids has a variety of games that support language development through story-telling, letter recognition, and vocabulary-building activities. Games are based on popular PBS Kids characters and are suitable for different age groups.
  3. Articulation Station
    • Website: Articulation Station
    • Features: The website offers free articulation games and activities to practice sounds in various contexts. While some features are available with a paid subscription, there are free resources and activities that can be useful.
  4. Speech Blubs
    • Website: Speech Blubs
    • Features: Speech Blubs provides free speech therapy exercises and activities that focus on articulation and vocabulary. The website includes fun, interactive games designed for younger children.
  5. ABCmouse
    • Website: ABCmouse
    • Features: While ABCmouse is a subscription-based service, they often offer a free trial. The platform includes interactive games and activities for early literacy, vocabulary building, and phonics.
  6. Boom Learning
    • Website: Boom Learning
    • Features: Boom Learning provides digital task cards that can be used for speech therapy. Many free activities are available, covering a range of skills such as articulation, language comprehension, and vocabulary.
  7. Fun4theBrain
    • Website: Fun4theBrain
    • Features: Offers free educational games for various subjects, including language arts. The games can help with reading comprehension, vocabulary, and sentence structure.
  8. Speech Therapy Fun
    • Website: Speech Therapy Fun
    • Features: This site provides a variety of free printable worksheets and interactive games that focus on different aspects of speech therapy, including articulation and language skills.
  9. Lingokids
    • Website: Lingokids
    • Features: Lingokids offers free activities and games aimed at teaching English language skills. It’s designed for younger children and includes activities for vocabulary and pronunciation.
  10. Super Simple
    • Website: Super Simple
    • Features: Super Simple provides free songs, videos, and interactive games that can aid in language development, pronunciation, and vocabulary. The content is designed for young learners and is highly engaging.

Tips For Using Games in Speech Therapy

If you are working on speech at home with your child, or are a speech therapist looking for ways to make learning more effective and engaging, these tips will help you incorporate the above resources into your everyday practice.

  • Match Games to Goals: Choose games that align with the specific speech and language goals you’re targeting, such as articulation, vocabulary, or sentence structure.
  • Participate Together: Engage with your child during the games to provide guidance, reinforcement, and encouragement.
  • Incorporate Real-Life Practice: Use the skills practiced in the games during everyday conversations and activities to reinforce learning.

This list of resources provides a child focused approach to traditional speech therapy techniques. Taking a more engaging and enjoyable approach achieves better outcomes for children, decreased resistance, and creates a learning environment that is much more fun!

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Shawna Wingert is a former training and development professional turned education specialist, and has homeschooled her two children for the last ten years.Shawna has written four books about homeschooling unique learners and has been featured in homeschooling discussions on Today.com, The Mighty, Simple Homeschool, My Little Poppies and Raising Lifelong Leaners. 


You can find her online here at DifferentByDesignLearning.com.

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  1. Shawna, do you have any tips or game ideas when the goal of speech therapy is to have more back and forth conversational skills?

    1. Hi Marion,
      We used speech to text a lot to send text messages back and forth. I know it seems counterintuitive, because the goal is to improve face to face conversation, but it eliminated the social anxiety initially and help him practice in a way that was less threatening. I hope this helps!

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