This themed language therapy unit includes a wide variety of materials and resources for your students with language goals using a fun and engaging COOKING theme!
In this unit, there are materials directly targeting the following areas:
- Core vocabulary (make, give)
- Basic concepts (half, in)
- Describing (food, food groups, cooking tools)
- Cooking verbs (cook, bake, boil, add, chop, etc..)
- Tier 2 vocabulary (prepare, edible, melt, blend, fresh)
- Prefix/suffix (over-, -ful)
- Inferencing/predicting
- Sentence combining
- Comprehending narrative texts
- Comprehending non-fiction texts
- WH questions
- Comparing and contrasting
- Storytelling
This resource is intended to give your themed therapy material collection a boost with targeted, explicit activities, visuals, and worksheets. Think of it like a starter toolkit that will guide your therapy planning for ~2-4 weeks depending on your caseload and therapy style.
All of the worksheets include editable text boxes so that you can type directly on the worksheet on a computer. In addition, Google Slides™️ versions of the worksheets are also included!
This unit also includes a deck of Boom cards™️ that relate to many of the activities in this resource!
Here’s some reasons why other SLPs have loved this resource:
♥ ”This themed unit is HUGE and is something you could use for probably an entire month. I used it last week and barely got through the first few pages! I cannot wait to buy more of these themed units :)” – Olivia C.
♥ ”I absolutely LOVE these themed resources from Speechy Musings! It is my one-stop shop for my ENTIRE caseload! Using themes in therapy has kept my students engaged and I am so relieved that there are resources like this to help keep me sane during this school-year.” – Brittney L.
♥ ”I LOVE these Themed Units. There are numerous language activities so I can use them with the majority of my caseload. They make therapy lesson planning a snap. I really appreciate the bonus activities you included for hot cocoa and soup.” – Lori P.
Read here for all the amazing advantages of themed-based language therapy.
I’ve also blogged about some great extension activities perfect for a cooking theme.
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Lori C. –
Another great unit that covers so many skills! Looking forward to more!
Lori P. –
I LOVE these Themed Units. There are numerous language activities so I can use them with the majority of my caseload. They make therapy lesson planning a snap. I really appreciate the bonus activities your included for hot cocoa and soup.
Chaya L. –
I love this resource and I am excited to use it with all my students. I like that it has activities and tasks for younger children and for older children.
The SLP Spot –
This is great for targeting so many skills!
Rebecca Ansen –
I love these themed units!
The Speech Chambers –
As always, Shannon’s resource was a huge hit with my kids. It covers so many goals and ability levels and is perfect for the students I see. I have a hard time finding things for middle school students with complex communication needs that aren’t babyish, but these activities are functional and at their level without being condescending. I’ll continue to buy each one she releases and recommend others do as well!
Danielle C. –
I love these themed units! I can work on one theme with different students, and support their vocabulary growth at the same time.
Stacie M. –
I love that this is a one theme lesson that has so much packed into it! I like the idea of having everything put together and I have such low-prep, it saves me much needed time!
Chelsea H. –
I love how this resource can be used for students with a range of abilities. The topic is relevant and interesting for every student! We all love food!
Jodie Nichols –
I really liked the vocabulary section.
Jill B. –
Spectacular, as always!
Kate Hamylak –
This resource is excellent. Love the real life pictures and clear formats. The only thing I wish I realized was there are only 1-2 pages for some topics (for example affixes there are only 2 words total). Love that there are black and white options for some of the printables too.
Susan M. –
Another fabulous resource! I planned to use this with one of my special needs learners but ended up doing it with all three of them and they LOVE it. They enjoy the variety of activities and stay engaged even when the going gets tough.
Chelsea O. –
SO comprehensive with lots of language targets for a variety of levels. 🙂 Thank you!
Hillary S. –
Amazing and comprehensive resource!!
Kim K. –
I’ve loved these themed language units for my students. It has been great to focus on one theme for a few weeks, I’ve seen better recall and engagement with my students!
Kayla M. –
I jump for joy every time Shannon posts a new language themed unit. I work with students remotely, in person AND students remotely while having students in person. I have already used many of the ‘describing’ visuals to help teach concepts during groups. I love how visually ‘clean’ and simple her resources are. It helps keep my students attention during these crazy therapy times.
Danielle M. –
Such a thorough and comprehensive language unit! Thank you!
Scribble and Speak –
Great! Was looking for activities for our food/cooking unit and these were a great addition! Thanks!
Upbeat Speech –
This resource was so fun for my students who are motivated by cooking! It targets a variety of skills and worked well for groups.
sally C. –
great resource!
Clearly Speechie –
I loved using this with my in person students. It hit on almost every goals on my caseload an was engaging and fun for all my students!
Katharine P. –
Another wonderful resource!
closed store 12321 –
My kiddos love food and cooking so this is such a great help!
Bryceann C. –
So cute, functional, and fun for my students! I love it.
Barbara T. –
I love all of your language units! Covers so many targets and a great systematic approach to learning!
Jane B. –
I love how this resource can be used for students with a range of abilities. It is also a great topic as all students find it relevant and interesting. Thank you!
a V. –
This is a great resource for all of my kiddos on my careload.
Thank you
Haeleigh R. –
This resource has been really helpful for my mixed groups but also to work into a life skills unit – we’re now working up to actually getting into the kitchen! There’s a great variety of activities included and each page is well-organized and include great pictures.
Kaarin E. –
I’m loving these units–I’m able to use this one resource for a variety of students.
Karina J. –
These themed sets are amazing and cooking is a great topic! So many different targets! I look forward to more of these!!
Farah Lyn G. –
I have all of Speechy Musings Themed activities because I can use them with my entire caseload! Glad that she makes bonus Boom Cards as well!
Theresa G. –
Can’t wait to get more of these comprehensive resources! They make planning so easy.
Stephanie G. –
I love all of your thematic units because they include such a variety of concepts all in one unit. Thanks for including the separated pages too!
Amy T. –
This is such a comprehensive themed packet!!!! I love that it applies across the k-4 elementary population I serve. My students have enjoyed all of the activities we have done so far. Thank you, Shannon!
Jennifer S. –
Love love these packets!!! The themes are so nice since theyre more general and can be used whenever. Its great to have a packet that works with a variety of skills and ages when you have a diverse caseload. The visuals are awesome too!! Please please make another one soon 🙂
Lori F. –
Very thorough resource. I like having 1 packet that I can use with so many students working on different goals. Well done.
The Nomadic SLP –
I love using cooking as a theme and have many students who are motivated by cooking activities! This has been great for targeting a variety of objectives within a session.
Brittney Lyskoski –
I absolutely LOVE these themed resources from Speechy Musings! It is my one-stop shop for my ENTIRE caseload! Using themes in therapy has kept my students engaged and I am so relieved that there are resources like this to help keep me sane during this school-year. I cannot wait until there are more I can add to my library!!
Olivia C. –
This themed unit is HUGE and is something you could use for probably an entire month. I used it last week and barely got through the first few pages! I cannot wait to buy more of these themed units 🙂
Marney S. –
This unit covers so many language goals, I’m set for planning for my entire caseload for weeks!!
Rachel B –
great resource.
Raquel R. –
This is great for both in-person and distance learning!
Megan S. –
I love the variety of skills that are targeted. This will supplemental well for my life skills students.
School Age Says –
This was wonderful for speech-language therapy!
Deanna G. –
I love how flexible this product is. I’ve used it with students in several grades from 1st to 8th. It’s one of those activities that you can have open on your desktop and plan all of our sessions around. It also spurred conversations about where food comes from and piqued interest in cooking or helping around the kitchen in my students.
Melissa Andrade –
engaging resource
Mia M. –
As with all the other themed units, I absolutely love this resource! I particularly enjoyed the ‘pictures for inferencing and predicting’ section as it sparked some great discussions in therapy sessions around the questions on the page, as well as new vocabulary and concepts.
Anne D. –
This resource is a lifesaver!! There is something for every student on my K-5 caseload with language goals, and the pages were easy to use both virtually and in-person. I love the variety of materials and the visual supports. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Kristin D. –
This is a wonderful, comprehensive resource! Worth every penny 🙂
Chelsea Eldreth –
I really enjoyed having this themed pack …the various levels makes planning a breeze as it can be used with my entire caseload.
Ellen P. –
Another great unit!
Speech Meow –
I love these unit resources! I can use them with all my students and target various skills. The cooking topic was really popular with some of my middle school students, even the ones I wouldn’t have expected to like it. Great product!!!
Kaitlyn T –
Who doesn’t love cooking?!? I, very foolishly, bought this as an individual unit, but should have purchased the bundle. So many engaging activities.
Amber H. –
These themed units have been my go-to this school year! I especially love this theme because food/cooking is something that most students can relate to, but it takes it to the next level for learning and language objectives. So thorough and covers any language target you need!
Sonja M. –
I love this resource! For my tele therapy sessions I wrote what page number each of their goals related to or that I could target. On tele therapy days I would have the full PDF open. Then when it was time for their session I would scroll to which ever goal I wanted to target that day- therapy planning done for a month! total win!
Courtney W. –
This theme is exactly what I’ve been looking for!
Deborah K. –
My students love these themed units! So do I!. They cover a variety of language skills all wrapped up into one engaging activity which is great for multiskill language groups.
Adriane F. –
Very cute! I was surprised at the vocabulary my student didn’t know!
Asha C. –
Worked with so many of my groups!
lara G. –
The kids loved the cooking theme.
Madeleine M. –
I love all the themed language units – this one might be my favorite because cooking is a preferred topic for so many students. I paired this with clips from the TV show Chopped and it was a perfect match! Thank you Shannon!
Jennifer Barna –
I loved the free themed units you released during the first Covid shutdown but have hesitated to buy one of the new units. I’m so glad I went for it this time! There is so much more than I expected and multiple pages of each type of activity. I have been pushing into the Autistic support class at my middle school and helping with cooking lessons and this is the perfect compliment for my pull out sessions with these kids. I think the rest of my caseload will enjoy these activities too. I love that you included separated PDFs and also the google slides versions too. That will make it easy to use for posting to google classroom!
Ann G. –
I used this resource with my HS Life Skills class. They enjoyed it! Great way to reinforce functional vocabulary included in their program!
The Speech Therapy Room –
This resource is so thorough and you will get so many different sessions out of it! Really like it – very visually engaging for clients
Chelsea N. –
I have used this paired with a functional activity to assemble trail mix during a push in lesson with students. This has been awesome and really focuses on the language needed for these activities while I can also target turn taking and topic maintenance. Thank you!
oliviatheslp –
This resource includes so many goals/targets! Very comprehensive
Julie S. –
I liked this resource but the level of vocabulary words and the narrative were not geared to the same age. I liked it all except for the way the comprehension part was organized. I didn’t like the click and drag.
Jennifer R. –
This is a fabulous resource! I’ve used it with a ton of my students working on life skills! Highly recommend!
Sheetal Nair –
Good resource!
Colleen T. –
Shannon’s vocabulary bundles are amazing. They work well for either virtual or in person speech sessions. I would have been lost without her products this year!
MelanieSLP –
Love these!! I really like the consistent topic across an awesome variety of language activities. The consistent presentation means that these themed units are so easy to pull out for mixed groups or students with a variety of language goal targets. Not the kind of packet that only has a few useful pages… every sections is easy-to-use for many students or adaptable for many language goals.
Rachel K. –
This allowed me to participate in the classroom and co-teach during the cooking units. Thrilled!
Step Into Speech –
One of my absolute favorite themed resources!
Elizabeth B. –
This is perfect for my co-treated Cooking Group. This is so functional for my middle school self contained classes. I will use this for years – so functional and fun!
jeannine A. –
I love how versatile this is!
Zebaish S. –
I just loved it
Erica S. –
I enjoy that there are multiple activities to target various language goals while staying on one central theme!
Victoria V. –
Your materials are the best!
Margaret Griesmer –
These themed units are worth every purchase!
Katrina S. –
I loved this resource! Please create more!!
Victoria C. –
This resource is great for students of all ages and abilities. I have been using it in summer school and love it for when we have activities with snacks involved. I also use it for my middle/high students who are interested in learning more about cooking. Love all the thematic units I have!
Kathleen D. –
I was able to not only use this unit individually for my life skills classes. But use some of the tools and vocabulary components for the general Ed classes that my students were attending. This really helped get the students engaged in the general population as well as their independent life skills class.
Laura R. –
Great resource, can’t wait to use it when school starts up!
Sophia D. –
I loved the new vocabulary. I also liked using this for distance learning. Many times my students could connect more with the cooking vocabulary because they were at home and near the kitchen.
Billie H. –
I cannot say ENOUGH about these themed materials (except for to buy the bundle, haha). There is something to use to target all of the goals on my caseload and using themes just makes planning so much easier.
Heather E. –
This is a comprehensive unit that makes it easy to work on many different goals.
Erin Proffit –
These units are great! Easy to use. Scaffolded. Great work.
Katie G. –
Great resource with many activities that can be used for a variety of students! I was able to use it from 4th grade to my life skills students.
Rambling SLP –
These units are so versatile for mixed groups and addressing curricular themes and/or special interests. Tons of high quality, evidence based language therapy materials to pull from here. Thank you.
Amanda P. –
I love the range these units cover!
Tess G. –
I like this resource. It’s as described and easy to use. Comprehensive.
Jennifer B. –
Very comprehensive resource!
Pear Tree Speech –
Great resource! Very thourough!
Meghan E. –
Really works for a variety of ages and skill levels
Tessa F. –
Cooking is one of my favorite functional themes, and I love that this resource includes such a variety of meaningful targets and activities.
Mary K B. –
My students really enjoyed the cooking activities. . I modified the worksheets for my nonverbal students with individual pictures I chose from LessonPix. The pictures associated with the recipes are very helpful.
After I completed one activity using simple cooking vocabulary and making a simple snack, my students asked “when will we cook again”? I believe that is one of the best compliments ever. 🙂
Speech Learning Place –
Loved these themed units. Also love how this theme I can easily use with my high school students with multiple disabilities.
Ashley J. –
My students love these high interest themed units!
Sylvia H. –
Thank you so much! very great and helpful resource
Heidi L. –
My students all loved the activity we focused on today. As always, a purchase from Speechy Musings does not disappoint! I will definitely get quite a bit of use from this resource.
Audrey W. –
Wonderful resource! Very thorough and beautifully put together.
Julia Libeskind –
This resource is PACKED with activities. I bought it for one student in particular who loves cooking, but there is just so much to use across all areas of language for a variety of kids. It is well organized and visually neat- it has useful pictures without being too busy or distracting. I see myself using this for years to come.
Kelly Moscicki –
I love the organization of these units and how it hit many of my students goals for all levels. I also love that you can present it on Google slides and that you included boom cards. Thanks you for this very useful resource.
Veronica O. –
I am fairly new to themed units and all I can say is that I’m hooked! It’s so comprehensive and there is something for everyone on my caseload with this resource. I can’t wait to expand my resources on themed units. Makes therapy planning so much easier as well. Great resource!!
Emily I. –
I love these themed units and this one was so great! My students loved the cooking theme! We were able to target a variety of goals in such a fun way.
Marykate V. –
This is GREAT!
Merritt Green –
Great resource to target a variety of skills-thank you!
Jenni Erickson SLP –
I love your themed resources! It is always nice to get a taste of some of your other products but have it all relate to a central theme. I love that the themed units can be used to target so many different goals. Thank you!
Samantha T. –
great functional way to apply language. Lots to choose from and for them to learn about cooking 🙂
Julene R. –
I was really impressed with the variety of materials provided. I was able to use some of the passages with my higher level high school students, but there were also materials I could use with my life skills students. There were even a couple of things I could use with my non-verbal students. The overall quality is very good and there is really a lot of materials for a very reasonable price.
Mary Anne R. –
These themed units are amazing! I’ve been using this one since early November, as cooking is such a large part of the holiday season, and my students have loved it. EVERY language objective is targeted one way or another in this packet. It’s fantastic.
Suzanne Clark –
Great product
Janet M. –
I love the versatility of this resource — ALL students can relate to cooking or have stories to share. Can be used with multi-level groups and easily adapted. As always, Speechy Musings’ resources have great pics, easy “step up-step down” ways to use.
Jodi S. –
I like that this provides Boom Card activities as well. It is very comprehensive and provides materials and resources to target a variety of skills. Great for mixed groups! The images are nice and clear and are age appropriate also.
MY Communication Wonderland –
It’s a perfect material for my transition room students to use the materials. Thank you!
Norah Breindel –
I was able to use this material for all of my students for the last 5 weeks between the Thanksgiving through New Year stretch. I loved that this unit allowed for an inclusive learning topic given that I have a multiculturally diverse caseload. Kids enjoyed this unit and we ended with a cooking activity at school which they absolutely loved. I am seeing great results in my students with their vocbulary, expressive language, and sentence structure. So many of the cooking verbs are also multiple meaning words and figurative language, which serves many of my students. I can’t say enough positive comments about Speech Musings themed units.
Brooke Quinn –
great product
Elizabeth S. –
This was a fun and practical activity. I’m not always a huge fan of boom cards/digital activities, but I enjoyed using this one. 🙂
Sarah D. –
I love these themed units! Such a great way to work on a variety of goals with my students.
Simple Language Paths –
I love this resource! It is full of a variety of activities and easily adaptable. I used this resource with my K-1 students with mild disabilities, and I used the same resource with my older students with more severe disabilities.
Sam DeGraeve –
Great!
Bailey S. –
WOW! This is an amazing, all inclusive resource 🙂
Lauren E. –
Great resource adaptable for online learning platforms
Amber F. –
This is a fantastic resource! SOOOO comprehensive! I appreciate all of the wonderful resources related to the topic. This makes planning so much more efficient, especially for mixed groups.
Melissa J. –
Used this today-It was exactly what I was looking for to being our cooking units. It has many levels and can be used with a variety of students. I love real pictures and examples and this was full of those two things,
Erin S. –
Love this themed unit! I have since gone on to purchase the themed bundle, it is that good. COmprehensive, research based, and something I can use with all ages.
The Rooted Ripple – Multilingual Resources –
Your resources are amazing. I love the variety of activities and skills that are addressed in this resource. I use them with my English learners and I can differentiate by ability and grade. Thank you!
Ashley R. –
My students loved learning new vocabulary words with this resource. We paired it with food mini objects and play, along with easy recipes.
Ashley W. –
I love these theme bundles because there is something for every student on my caseload
Jamie S. –
Very thorough product, I was surprised to see just how many skills were targeted in this unit. I really enjoy using themes to guide my lessons, and with this material (and all the others) it makes it reallyl easy to focus on so many language skills.
I was able to plan for my preschool, elementary, and middle school clients, it’s been a huge time-saver!
Kelli H. –
These are the absolute best! There’s not a single speech/language goal that can’t be addressed with this product. I was surprised at just how comprehensive it is. Buy it! You won’t be sorry.
Jenna R. –
As usual, this themed unit is amazing! Our students cook monthly, so having this resource available to help with an introduction to cooking, and for reinforcement between cooking sessions, has been extremely helpful. Thank you!
Spazzy Speech –
So thorough and easy to use – just open it and go! Love this and all your products!
Julia H. –
Great resource. It is so useful for so many groups
Kristin R. –
This is great for a deep dive into the concept of cooking and has tons of activities for all levels.
Elizabeth B. –
This is literally my favorite purchase ever on TPT. I can get so many engaging sessions for every student on my caseload. It is especially fun during the holidays!
nahed H. –
it is a great resourse that has helped me a lot to orgnise my work.
Lynnette P. –
I love all of the themed resources I have tried from speechy musings. It is so easy to plan therapy, and there are so many goals that can be covered.
Ereeni Roulakis –
This thematic unit was fantastic and targets so many skills.
val R. –
I love all of the resources from Speechy Musings as they are well thought out, research based and engaging for kids. This one is no exception. I love using the themed units as a base of my monthly planning. For this cooking unit specifically, I love to use it during the month of November! That way I am still connecting to the Thanksgiving holiday as most of my students will gather for a meal with loved ones, but I can incorporate a different variety of picture books and vocabulary than what the classroom teachers are using. I know that with these units I will be able to work on any language goal for any student on my caseload because of how she includes a multitude of scaffolded practice.
Steph’s Speech Store –
Fantastic resource! My students loved this activity!
Heidi S. –
Life skills including cooking for some of my middle school students. The cooking unit gave me the opportunity to pre-teach, re-teach, and review as we worked on communicating in the kitchen and talking about it before/after the activity. Thank you!
Jen J. –
A well organized resource and a perfect resource to target multiple language objectives.
Wendy R. –
Love the comprehensiveness of this resources and the different levels….Speechy Musing products do not disappoint! xo
Helen B. –
Love all the speech thematic units from this seller. Tons of great activities for a range of ages.
Elizabeth S. –
I appreciated the variety of activities and the different levels of each type of activity. I was able to use this unit for a full 3 weeks (5-6 sessions) and target a number of different goals. The students found the material engaging, and I still had more activities I didn’t get to! Thank you for making contextualized/theme-based therapy that much easier to do!
K Morse –
Comprehensive work as always. Thank you for such thoughtful resources!
Debra B. –
This resource provides many activities to address a variety of goals. I use this in conjunction with our ASD classroom’s cooking activities. Introducing concepts that we will be using during a simple cooking activity. It helps me focus on important concepts before and during cooking activities and helps me to make learning functional.
Erin Davidson –
Great resource with differentiated content to support your learners with a focus on building language.
Claire M. –
This resource was exactly what I needed. Thank you!
Rachel S. –
All of these themed units are great, but my students have had so much fun incorporating cooking. There are great things to send home to bring caregivers in on the fun, too! This product has targets for abilities across an elementary/middle caseload, and I’m looking forward to using this with even more of my students this year!
Jeannine E. –
This is a fabulous resource. It was exactly what I was looking for because it targets so many goals.
Melanie W. –
Great activities for the holiday season when cooking is going on around the house. The students enjoyed the activities.
Maria H. –
This is a fun theme and easy to pair with all of my November/food themed books. There is an activity for virtually everyone on my caseload.
Geena K. –
For students interested in cooking this made sessions fun
Taylor M. –
Speechy Musings Resources are the best! They are so wonderful to use on themed weeks to expand the knowledge and continue making connections over a period of time. There is an activity for every goal so it makes mixed groups so much easier.
Allison G. –
My student lovess anything related to cooking. So, I love that there are different activities.