May is Better Hearing and Speech Month (BHSM)! Unfortunately, not many people know about BHSM. Even though I was a Special Education Teacher for years before becoming a Speech-Language Pathologist, I never knew about Better Hearing and Speech Month nor was I ever informed about vocal abuse as a Teacher. I think we all need to step up and share more about vocal hygiene and caring for our hearing. Check out these ten BHSM freebies that I found for you on Teachers Pay Teachers.
- BHSM Bookmarks by Queen’s Speech – These cute bookmarks include speech and language facts and quotes.
- BHSM Activities and Bulletin Board Display by Short and Sweet Speech – Super cute and informational bulletin board display.
- Better Hearing and Speech Awareness Packet by Natalie Snyders– This awareness packet would have been so helpful when I was teaching! It includes informational handouts, tags for water bottles and highlighters, and more!
- Better Hearing and Speech Tags by Speech Chick Therapy – These freebie tags for water bottles and snickers candy bars include information about vocal hygiene.
- BHSM Teacher Handout by Speech-Language Pirates – This freebie includes handouts for teachers about what SLPs can do to help students and teachers to communicate effectively.
- BHSM Month Calendar and Activities by Speech Rocks – This packet includes a May calendar filled with speech and language activities and several pages of conversation task cards.
- Fortune Teller for Better Hearing and Speech Month by SLPTalk with Desire – This Fortune Teller not only shares fun facts about speech and language but would be great for working on following directions!
- No Print Interactive BHSM Activities by Thumb Bunny Speech – This cute No Print has students figuring out who the ears belong to for different animals and targets identifying loud sounds versus soft sounds.
- BHSM Articulation Secret Codes Boom Deck by Kiwi Speech – This boom deck targets five articulation sounds and focuses on speech and language terms.
- Better Hearing and Speech Month Triorama by Creative Speech Lab – This fun packet targets /s/ using a fun triorama. You can also target following directions, passage comprehension, articulation carryover and story retell.