Mr. Gumpy lives by a river. One sunny day he decides to take a ride in his small boat. It is such a perfect idea, for such a perfect summer day, that he soon has company: first the children, then the rabbit, the cat, the dog, the pig, the sheep, the chickens, and still others until– Mr. Gumpy’s outing comes to an inevitable but not unhappy, conclusion.
This cute Summer book can be used in speech therapy to target predicting and sequencing. It is also great for focusing on different types of verbs (action, irregular and regular past tense, and present tense). Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using Mr. Gumpy’s Outing in speech therapy below: