Cat does NOT like Valentine’s Day. It’s much too mushy, and no way is he making anyone a valentine—especially not his new neighbor, Dog. Dog refuses to respect the fence: He keeps tossing over old bones and hitting Cat in the head! But just as Cat’s about to send Dog an angry “valentine” telling him exactly what he can do with his bones, Dog throws a ball over the fence. What is Dog playing at? Cat is in for a hilarious—and heartwarming—surprise in this story about being perhaps too quick to judge.
This humorous Valentine’s Day book can be used in speech therapy to address social/emotional issues like making assumptions about others, as well as friendship and kindness. It is also great for noticing character expressions and for targeting predicting as well as for /v/ initial, /l/ medial and /k/ initial sounds. Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using Here Comes Valentine Cat in speech therapy below: