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Picture Book Vocabulary -Strategy: Integration From Prior Knowledge

Back to school picture books are a wonderful start to any school year. Reading them helps prepare kids and offers the opportunity to talk about

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Back to School Picture Books to Build Vocabulary: 2nd edition

I’m back with the second round of back-to-school picture books as a powerful strategy for increasing vocabulary. I hope you enjoyed the first of the

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What Cinderella Taught Me This Summer

The Frenzied SLPs are excited to announce new discussions, twice a month, designed to help you share your ideas and become #SLPStrong! This week, we are

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Oh me gee! I started a blog!

Hi Y’all! Welcome to my new blog. I’m so excited, but if I’m being honest…a little nervous too. I’ve been writing a blog in my

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Language-based literacy intervention for SLPs.
Turn picture books into targeted speech therapy sessions.
Finally feel confident using books in therapy

Comment “pencil” and I’ll send you the link for th Comment “pencil” and I’ll send you the link for this craft template to use with Dice and Dot! ✏️Perfect for your back to school bulletin boards and functional room decor.
Most reading difficulties don’t begin in fourth gr Most reading difficulties don’t begin in fourth grade.

They begin years earlier, before reading instruction becomes more complex.

Hall and Moats (1999), summarizing findings from NICHD research, wrote that it can take four times as much assistance to improve a child’s reading skills when intervention is delayed until fourth grade rather than beginning in kindergarten.

By fourth grade, many struggling readers are working to improve while also trying to catch up on vocabulary, fluency, language comprehension, and years of missed reading experience.

This is one reason early intervention matters.

For SLPs, strengthening oral language, phonological awareness, vocabulary, syntax, and narrative skills is more than supporting communication. These skills provide the foundation children need for successful reading.
The books you choose matter, even for your “speech The books you choose matter, even for your “speech only” students. Up to 75% of our kids with speech sound disorders also have weaknesses in the language skills that support reading comprehension.
Every articulation session is an opportunity to build the language skills that support reading. A well chosen picture book gives you repeated practice with /sh/ while also strengthening story grammar, vocabulary, inferencing, retell, and comprehension, all within the same activity.

Share this with an SLP friend who loves books too! And don’t forget to check out the others in this series. What speech sound should I feature next?
If you’ve ever said, “What’s another word for that If you’ve ever said, “What’s another word for that?” during a screening... this one’s for you.
Every time a student says “bunny” instead of “rabbit,” I lose a little bit of screening time. 😅
It’s one of my biggest frustrations with articulation screeners.
So when I created my own screener, I intentionally chose words that reduce alternate responses, so you can spend less time prompting and more time listening to what really matters: the student’s speech.
Because a speech sound screener should make your job easier. Not create more work.
Comment “screener” and I’ll send you the link!
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