speech and language teaching concepts for Caps for Sale in speech therapy
Frequent Speech Sounds:

/ps/ final
/k/ initial

Themes:

miscellaneous

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

Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business

By Esphyr Slobodkina

Caps for Sale is an excellent easy-to-read book that includes repetition, patterns, and colors, perfect for early readers. This tale of a peddler and a band of mischievous monkeys is filled with warmth, humor, and simplicity and also teaches children about problem and resolution.

This funny and simple book can be used in speech therapy to address initial /k/ and final /ps/ with its repetition of the word “caps.” It is also great for motor speech planning with its repetitive text, “Caps, caps for sale 50 cents a cap” and “you monkeys you! You must give me back my caps!” This book can also be used for inferencing and sequencing. Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business in speech therapy below: 

Key Teaching Concepts

Narrative Structure:

complete episode

Narrative Concepts:

color+noun phrases
repetitive text
sequencing
inferencing

Sequencing:

order of actions that the peddler did in attempt to get his caps back

Vocabulary:

disturb, upset, country, straight, lean, cents, calling

Tier 3: peddler, ware

Grammar:

color+noun phrases

Text Features:

repetitive text

Inferencing:

Why do you think he wears all of the caps on his head?
Why did the peddler have no money for lunch?
Why do you think he is going to the country?
Why is he walking slowly?
What would happen if he upset his caps?
Why do you think it is helpful for him to lean against a tree?
Why is he checking to see if his caps are straight?
Why are the monkeys shaking their fingers/hands at the peddler?
What are they doing?
What does the peddler think the monkeys are doing?
Why is he getting so angry?
Why do you think he needs the caps back?
Why do the monkeys throw the hats on the ground?

Predicting:

What do you think happened to his caps?
What do you think he will see?
How do you think he will get his caps back?
What do you think the monkeys will do?