Ringing in 2025 in Speech Therapy

Happy 2025! I love the feeling of starting fresh in January every year. Goals and resolutions can make a great topic of discussion with school-aged children and teens. It’s also worth exploring the various traditions around the world to ring in the new year.

Some traditions include:

• Eating 12 grapes consecutively at midnight in Spain (I’ve tried this–it’s pretty tough!)

• Hanging onions on your front door in Greece

• Hogmanay and first footing in Scotland

• Bear Dance in Romania
  

After this discussion, the students can be asked if they have any fun New Year’s traditions in their families and/or cultures, as well as which of these traditions they’d most like to try. Then, students can share New Year’s resolutions if they would like.

Readers: What are your favorite New Year’s traditions? Do you make any resolutions?

About the Author: Melissa Goff, M.S, CCC-SLP, is the owner of Sunflower Speech & Myo Therapy, PLLC, in Charlotte, NC.