*Apps are current as of 10/2026.
It's officially spooky season! And if you're anything like me, you're always looking for fun ways to keep your students engaged in speech therapy.
I love using apps to supplement my speech-language therapy sessions, especially when I can find ones that are fun for the kids AND give me plenty of opportunities to work on their goals.
So, I rounded up a few of my favorite Halloween apps that you can use with your preschool and elementary students. Let's check them out!
Go Away Big Green Monster ($2.99)
Summary: This is a book app on Amazon. It can be used on the iPad and has interactive parts, which increase the engagement with my students. For example, as the eyes/nose/mouth appear, they move!
Therapy Targets: Basic body parts, core words "go", "away", "big", color words, shared book reading, emotions (scared/not scared).
Halloween Sticker Games Kids (Free)
Summary: This app contains four mini-games: Sticker Book (build-a-scene), Catch Game (picture finding/matching), Shadow Game (guess the object making the shadow), and Pairs Game (matching).
Therapy Targets: Halloween vocabulary (moon, bats, cat, owl, ghost, spider, web, haunted house, jack-o-lantern, pumpkin, candy, werewolf, skeleton, etc.), matching concepts, prepositions, following directions.
Summary: First, you can read a Frankenstein (re-imagined and child-friendly) story which puts a fun twist on the original and can be used to teach about acceptance. Then, you can make your very own Frankenstein! Once you build him, you can dress him up and watch him come to life!
Therapy Targets: Story vocabulary (curious, scientist, kind, afraid, lonely, traveled, continent, greenhouse, etc), emotions/feelings (afraid, sad, lonely, curious), body parts (brain, bones, heart), story comprehension (after reading the short story).
Peek-a-Boo Trick or Treat ($1.99)
Summary: You come upon a haunted house. When the door rocks, tap to open revealing what's inside! Halloween-themed characters are behind the door. The app will speak the name of the character and the word appears. Great for a repetitive script activity!
Therapy Targets: Core word "open", Halloween vocabulary (monster, bats, tiger, werewolf, pirate, ghost, witch, jack-o-lantern, spider, gorilla, robot, dragon, etc.), cause and effect (tap to open the door), repetitive story-line (knock-knock... who's there? PAUSE I see a ghost! Goodbye, ghost!)
And there you have it! Four Halloween apps to add a little spooky fun to your speech therapy sessions.
My favorite thing about these apps is that you can use them in so many different ways depending on your students' goals. Work on vocabulary, practice sequencing, talk about feelings, target core words, or just see where the activity takes you!
And remember, you don't have to use an app exactly as it's intended. Sometimes the best therapy opportunities come from pausing, asking a question, modeling a word, or letting a student make a choice.
Have you tried any of these apps? Or do you have another Halloween app that your students LOVE? I'd love to hear about it!
Happy Halloween!
