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speech and language teaching concepts for fresh fall leaves in speech therapy

Frequent Speech Sounds:

/l/
/f/

Themes:

fall
leaves

Book Details:

Diverse Characters: Yes
Age Recommendation: Early Childhood
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Fresh Fall Leaves

By Betsy Franco

A delightful book about the many activities you can do in the fall leaves. With just a few words on each page, this is an easy read and perfect for early learners.

This simple fall and leaf-themed book can be used in speech therapy to address action verbs or present progressive verbs. It is also great for sequencing events in the story or predicting what the kids will do next in the leaves! Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using Fresh Fall Leaves in speech therapy below: 

Key Teaching concepts

Narrative Structure:

action sequence
Narrative Concepts:

sequencing
predicting
verbs (present progressive)
pronoun (subject)- he, she, they
Sequencing:

name the activities the characters did with the leaves
Vocabulary:

collecting, pile, fort, battle
Grammar:

verbs (present progressive)
pronoun (subject)- he, she, they
Inferencing:

How do you think the leaves feel?
Why is the boy collecting leaves?
How do you think they feel jumping into the pile?
Predicting:

What do you think they will do with the leaves next?

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