Speech Room Must-Haves: A Guide for Setting Up Your Speech Room

Over the last week or so, I have asked all of you on my Facebook page about some of your must-haves for your speech rooms!   I asked primarily to help me set up my speech room for the fall, but I found that the information was so helpful that I thought I would compile it all in one spot for easy reference later.  This is a great list for a first-year SLP, but I think seasoned SLPs may find it helpful, too!  Perhaps you will find something you hadn't thought about yet or a book you haven't used!  This post does contain affiliate links for your convenience.

So without any further ado, here are reader-submitted must-haves for your speech room.

• Color scheme-- Do this first!  It will make the rest of the planning easier.  
• Boxes and bins (rectangular) 
• Rolling office chair
• Fake plants/ tree
• Rug
• Lamp (desk or floor)
• Address labels on everything you purchase with your own money
• Fabric for bulletin boards
• Index Card Case for flashcards
• Kidney table
• Pocket charts
• Rolling Cart

• Anything by Eric Carle
• Not Your Typical Dragon
• Edward the Emu
• There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A ____ Series
• Owl Babies
• Sheep in a Jeep
• Giraffes Can't Dance
• Anything by Mercer Mayer (Little Critter)
• Pete the Cat Series
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
• First 100 Words
• Anything by Sandra Boynton
• Hooway for Wodney Wat
• Big Smelly Bear
• Emily's House
• Stephanie's Ponytail (Classic Munsch)
• Miss Nelson Is Missing!
• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
• The Kissing Hand 
• Where the Wild Things Are
• April Foolishness
• Snowmen at Night (and other Snowmen books)
• How I Became a Pirate
• Anything by Keiko Kasza
• Amelia Bedelia (I Can Read Book Level 2)

• Cardstock
• Artist's Spray Mount
• Sharpies
• Hot Glue Gun
• Foam stickers
• Washable paint
• Paper plates
• Paper bags
• Glitter glue
• Googly eyes
• Yarn
• Hole punch
• Construction paper
• Glue sticks
• Pipe cleaners
• Markers
• Crayons
• Scissors

• Cariboo-  This may be difficult to find.  Check local thrift stores. 
• Apples to Apples  or Apples to Apples Junior 
• Secret Square
• Pass the Pigs
• HedBanz Game
• Blurt
• PICTUREKA Card Game
• Articumazement
• Jenga
• Candy Land 
• Hi Ho Cherry-O
• Chutes and Ladders

• Webber's® Jumbo Articulation Drill Book
• Super Duper Fun Decks
• Complex cluster sound cards
• Quick-Make Artic
• Super Seasonal
• Artic Chipper Chat Magnetic Game
• Super Duper Webber Fun Castle App
• Artic Pix app
• Merry-Go-Sound
• Artic Lab
• Articulate It app
• SPARC book
• Products from Teachers Pay Teachers 

• Cranium Cariboo
• Go for the Dough Game
• 50 Quick-Play Language Games
• Expanding Expression Tool (EET)
• Mr. Potato Head

• Touch and Learn: Emotions app
• Superflex...A Superhero Social Thinking Curriculum 

• Bubbles
• Vampire teeth
• Sticky hands
• Poppers
• Anything from Oriental Trading Company
• Smencils (smelly pencils)
• Silly bands
• Little toys from kid's meals
• Free rewards from Natalie Snyders

• Respect others
• Respect yourself
• Be prepared
• Six feet on the floor (four from chair, two from child)
• Keep hands out of your mouth
• Hands to yourself
• No thumb sucking
• Treat me as you would your classroom teacher
• Take turns
• No laughing at or making fun of others
• No interrupting others

Anything else you would add? 

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