Turn your first speech therapy sessions of the year into real conversation with an All About Me Instagram template your students will actually want to fill out. Students build their own profile page, add drawings or real pictures to their posts and tell the stories behind them, while you collect a natural language sample and learn exactly what makes each student light up.
Most get to know you activities feel like paperwork. This one feels like social media. Because students are talking about their own lives, you get authentic conversation, spontaneous connected speech and a ready-made interest inventory you can use to plan motivating therapy all year long.
What’s included:
- My Insta-Profile page where students add a profile picture, username, name, age, grade and birthday, then fill the photo grid with drawings or real pictures
- Picture This! photo pages in 2 versions (My Life in Pictures and My Summer in Pictures) and 3 printable themes, with frames for drawings, photos from home or magazine cut-outs
- A finished example page with real photos to show students what to do
- A classic All About Me worksheet for younger students or quick sessions
- Black and white ink-saver versions
- An editable Canva template for changing any prompt, header or label
- A digital Google Slides version where students type their answers and add pictures on any device
- A step-by-step instruction guide with clickable links and a 5-minute quick-start plan
A language sample that doesn’t feel like testing
Every box on the page is a built-in WH question: who is in this picture, what are you doing, where were you? As students present their finished page, you can prompt them to stretch one-word answers into complete sentences, practice describing and answer follow-up questions, all in a low-pressure, high-interest activity.
Editable and no prep, your choice
Print the pages as-is for a no prep first-week activity, or open the Canva template to swap prompts and headers so the page matches your students, goals or classroom theme. The Google Slides version is ready for teletherapy and paperless sessions. Students can type right on the slides and replace pictures on any device.
Ways to use this resource:
- Use it as a low-pressure first-session activity while you learn about each new student
- Collect a natural connected-speech sample without a formal task
- Target WH questions, sentence formulation and describing with personal, motivating content
- Build an interest inventory so you can pick materials students actually care about
- Have groups finish their pages and then interview each other about their posts
- Project the Google Slides version in teletherapy and fill it out together
- Send finished pages home to start conversations with families
- Display finished profiles as a get to know you bulletin board
Start the school year knowing your students, with a language sample already in hand and a speech room full of students who can’t wait to tell you about their posts.
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