speech and language teaching concepts for How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Birthday? in speech therapy​ ​
Frequent Speech Sounds:

/d/ initial
/n/ medial
/s/ medial
/or/ final
/sh/ initial

Themes:

birthday
dinosaur
non-seasonal

Book Details:
Diverse Characters: Yes
Age Recommendation: Early Childhood, Elementary

How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Birthday?

By Jane Yolen

Everyone has a birthday, and from riotous birthday parties to the excitement of being one year older, having a birthday is the highlight of a young child’s year. All little dinosaurs love to get presents, and this new board book will be an immediate favorite. From birthday hats to Ceratosaurus-sized cakes, America’s young readers will laugh out loud as the celebration moves from “bad” birthday behavior to just the right amount of silliness and sharing. Bestselling duo Jane Yolen and Mark Teague have created the perfect introduction to birthday parties, with the same beloved humor and warmth of all their previous bestselling “How Do Dinosaurs” books. Here’s a wonderful way to say “Happy Birthday!” to any dinosaur…young or old!

This scenario filled rhyming dinosaur book can be used in speech therapy to address social/emotional concepts and inferencing. Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Birthday? in speech therapy below:

Key Teaching Concepts

Narrative Structure:

action sequence

Narrative Concepts:

illustration study
inferencing
social/emotional
verbs (action)
phonological awareness

Social/Emotional:

Discuss appropriate behaviors and how each behavior makes the parents/kids feel.

How should we act at birthday parties?
How do we greet others?
What do you say even when you don’t love a present?
Why is it important to share?
Why should she say thank you?

Grammar:

verbs (action)

Phonological Awareness:

rhyming

Inferencing:

How will the kids feel if she hogs all the cake?
How does the mom feel when she eats all the ice cream?
How do they feel when she snatches up every card etc.?