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speech and language teaching concepts for aaaarrgghh Spider in speech therapy
Frequent Speech Sounds:

/sp/ initial
/m/ initial
/er/ final
/ch/ final
/g/ initial
/l/ initial
/w/ initial
Themes:

acceptance
Halloween
spiders
Book Details:
Diverse Characters: N/A
Age Recommendation: Early Childhood, Elementary
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Aaaarrgghh Spider!

By Lydia Monks

All Spider wants is to be a family pet. But the family whose house he lives in are terrified of him. Whenever he tries to show them what a great pet he would make, they simply cry, ‘Aaaarrgghh, Spider!’. Themes of tolerance and misunderstanding make key discussion points for children in this book.

This silly spiders and Halloween-themed book can be used to address social/emotional concepts like being acceptance. It is also great for sequencing and for targeting the /sp/ blend as well! Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using Aaaarrgghh Spider! in speech therapy below: 

Key Teaching Concepts

Narrative Structure:

complete episode
Narrative Concepts:

sequencing
point of view
problem solving
illustration study
social/emotional
predicting
text features
repetitive text
Sequencing:

order of attempts to be accepted
order of activities as a family pet 
Vocabulary:

introduce, sparkly, clever, proper, easy, pet, spider, webs
Social/Emotional:

acceptance and rejection
notice body language and facial expressions
fear
Grammar:

verbs (action)
Text Features:

ALL CAPS​
repetitive text
animated text
exclamation points
Predicting:

How do you think the family will react?
How do you think she will try to obtain their approval?
Problem Solving:

Spider persists in trying many things to show the family that she would make a great pet.

If you are interested in using Aaaarrgghh Spider! in speech therapy, then check out the book companion with the full lesson plans and activities.

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