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speech and language teaching concepts for The Honeybee in speech therapy
Frequent Speech Sounds:

/b/ initial
/n/ initial and medial
/h/ initial
/er/ final
/fl/
/z/ final

Themes:

Spring
bugs

Book Details:
Diverse Characters: N/A
Age Recommendation: Early Childhood, Elementary, Late Elementary

The Honeybee

By Kirsten Hall

Buzz from flower to flower with a sweet honeybee in this timely, clever, and breathtakingly gorgeous picture book from critically acclaimed author Kirsten Hall and award-winning illustrator Isabelle Arsenault.

This cute Spring book can be used in speech therapy to address sequencing and describing. It is also great for targeting the following sounds: /b/, /n/, /fl/, and MORE. Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using The Honeybee in speech therapy below: 

Key Teaching Concepts

Narrative Structure:

descriptive sequence

Narrative Concepts:

vocabulary
sequencing
illustration study
adjectives
verbs (present progressive)
verbs (action)
text features
inferencing

Sequencing:

order of what the bee does on a flower
order of what the house bee does

Vocabulary:

field, near, wings, pollen, nectar, crowd, hive, ambition, honeycomb, honey, drills, swills, jam, prying, sacs, huddle, stir, ambition, makeup, teeming, blooming, lapping

Grammar:

adjectives
verbs (action)
verbs (present progressive)

Text Features:

different font spacing and colors for emphasis
ALL CAPS
ellipsis
exclamation points
parentheses

Inferencing:

Why do you think the bee chose this flower?
How and why do you think the bee drills?
What do you think the bee spills?
Why do you think it spills?
Why do you think the bees are less busy?
How might the winter test the bees?

Predicting:

Who was making the tracks?
Where do you think the bees are going?
Why do you think they make honey?

If you are interested in seeing other spring books to use in therapy, then check out the Seasonal Teaching Points Book List for a printable copy.

If you are interested in seeing other bug-themed books to use in therapy, then check out the Themed Key Teaching Points Book List for a printable copy.