speech and language teaching concepts for Click Clack Ho Ho Ho in speech therapy
Frequent Speech Sounds:

/st/ initial and medial
/d/ initial
/k/ final
/h/ initial
/s/ initial

Themes:

Christmas

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

Click, Clack, Ho! Ho! Ho!

By Doreen Cronin

It’s the night before Christmas and all through the farm, not a creature is stirring, not even a…duck? Farmer Brown is busy decorating his home in preparation for Santa’s arrival on Christmas Eve! All seems calm in the barnyard, but Farmer Brown isn’t the only one who is getting ready… Ho Ho OH NO! Once again, Duck has gotten the whole barnyard STUCK in quite a predicament! Will anyone be able to un-stuck Duck and save Christmas?

This festive Christmas book can be used in speech therapy to address sequencing! It is also great for targeting action verbs and for targeting /st/, /k/, and /h/ sounds! Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using Click Clack Ho! Ho! Ho! in speech therapy below: 

Key Teaching Concepts

Narrative Structure:

action sequence

Narrative Concepts:

sequencing​
illustration study
predicting​
verbs (action)
repetitive text​
prepositional phrases

Sequencing:

order of helpers that try to get duck and friends out of the chimney
order of events

Vocabulary:

twinkle, creatures, stirring, Christmas Eve, jingle, swooshing, pitter-patter

Grammar:

verbs (action)
prepositional phrases

Text Features:

repetitive text
capitals
enlarged text for emphasis
moving text

Inferencing:

Why does “Santa” need a rope?
How does Farmer Brown feel when he runs to the window?
Why is Farmer Brown hurrying?
Based on the illustrations, why do you think the animals were sneaking into the house?

Predicting:

Why do you think Duck is pretending to be Santa?
Who do you think he hears?

Is that really Santa?
Where is Santa really?
How will Duck get out?
Who will help him get out?
Who will help next?
Now how will they all get unstuck?
What will happen when they all get unstuck?

Problem Solving:

The animals try to help one another to get unstuck, only to get stuck too and need Santa’s help in the end!

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