This hilarious camping book can be used in speech therapy to address social/emotional issues like overcoming phobias and anxiety. It is also great for character analysis and for noticing text features and illustrations as well as for problem solving! Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping in speech therapy below:
Frequent Speech Sounds:
/skw/ initial
/sk/ initial
/air/ medial
/er/ medial
/k/ initial
Themes:
camping
anxiety
fear
phobias
Book Details:
Diverse Characters: N/A
Age Recommendation: Early Childhood, Elementary, Late Elementary
Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping
By Melanie Watt
Key Teaching Concepts
Narrative Structure:
complete episode
Narrative Concepts:
vocabulary
theme/message
problem solving
character analysis
sequencing
illustration study
inferencing
social/emotional
predicting
verbs (action)
verbs (third person singular)
text features
Sequencing:
order of steps Scaredy Squirrel takes to camp at home
Vocabulary:
comfortable, risk, rugged, wilderness, camp, distance, realize, plug, outlet, require, survival, motto, mission, boot camp, obstacle, conditions, drift, afar, inspire
Character Analysis:
Scaredy Squirrel learns that the woods might not be so bad after all and that even though there are risks to every situation, often times it’s worse in your head.
Social/Emotional:
Scaredy Squirrel overcomes his fear of camping in the forest by focusing on appreciating how beautiful it is.
Grammar:
verbs (action)
verbs (third person singular)
Text Features:
enlarged text
map/diagrams/lists
ellipses
capitals
Inferencing:
What does Scaredy Squirrel think about going camping?
Why do you think he calls these things troublemakers?
Why do you think he wants to watch camping on TV?
How does he feel about the woods?
How do you think he feels going through the obstacles?
What does he realize at the end?
Predicting:
What do you think the problem is?
How do you think he will reach an outlet?
What do you think he needs each of his survival supplies for?
What obstacles do you think he will actually encounter in the woods?
What else do you think he will do to get ready for his mission?
What do you think he suddenly sees?
Do you think it’s really a penguin?
What do you think he will do with the extension cord when he gets home?
Problem Solving:
Scaredy Squirrel comes up with a plan to camp comfortably at home.
Check out our 14 minute podcast episode, This or That: Using Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping and The Camping Trip in Speech Therapy for more ideas on how to use each camping-themed book!
