I often hear parents, my sister, and co-workers asking what they can do for speech therapy at home for preschoolers, especially those with expressive and receptive language disorders. A few weeks ago, my friend Laurie asked what her daughter could do to help her grandson speak more. While I can easily incorporate creative ways to use available items at my school job, caregivers and family members—the people who really matter in a child’s long-term development—don’t have the luxury of clinical training and experience.

In this article, I have curated a list of activities and ideas to kick-start speech therapy at home for preschoolers. Let’s start by specifying who this article is for, the benefits of home-based speech therapy, common goals and targets, and how you and your family can support your child’s growth.

Two years ago, my friend Sunshine (yes, that’s her real name) showed me an email template she wrote for her school job. It was professional and well-written, and she composed it in a matter of minutes. Needless to say, I was impressed with the quality. When I asked her how she did it so quickly, she smirked as she showed me the prompt box for ChatGPT.

Since then, I have used AI for speech therapy as a tool to improve and enhance my practices, especially to generate ideas and therapy materials that would otherwise consume an inordinate amount of time. So let’s get into it by defining AI and how it impacts our daily lives, discussing ChatGPT’s impact on speech therapy, considerations for the use of ChatGPT, guidelines for writing prompts, and finally how to use AI for speech therapy.