Scavenger hunts are a fun and easy summer activity – they’re inexpensive, entertaining for the whole family, and can be done no matter the location (indoors, outside, at the beach, etc.). Check out this website for free, printable scavenger hunts or get creative and make your own!

Here are some ideas on how you can tailor your scavenger hunt to practice speech and language skills:

Articulation: Put together a list of items that contain your child’s speech sound. For example, if your child is working on the /l/ sound, you could include words like leaf, log, caterpillar, dandelion, and snail for a backyard scavenger hunt.

Language: You can use scavenger hunts to target a number of concepts your child is working on, such as shapes, letters, descriptors (e.g., soft vs. hard, tall vs. short), categories, etc. The opportunities are endless!