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speech and language teaching concepts for sharing a shell in speech therapy
Frequent Speech Sounds:

/sh/ initial
/l/ intial
/air/ final
/sh/ final
/l/ final
/kr/ initial
/bl/ initial
/br/ initial

Themes:

beach/ocean
summer
sharing
teamwork

Book Details:
Diverse Characters: N/A
Age Recommendation: Early Childhood, Elementary

Sharing a Shell

By Julia Donaldson

When the little hermit crab finds a shiny new shell, at first he doesn’t want to share it—not with a blobby purple anemone and a tickly bristleworm, anyway! Join Crab, Blob and Brush in a story all about learning how to share.

This awesome summer-themed book can be used in speech therapy to address social/emotional issues like sharing and kindness. It is also great for perspective-taking and for targeting rhyming! Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using Sharing a Shell in speech therapy below: 

Key Teaching Concepts

Narrative Structure:

complete episode

Narrative Concepts:

vocabulary
character analysis
sequencing
illustration study
inferencing
social/emotional
adjectives
verbs (present progressive)
verbs (action)
phonological awareness
perspective taking
prepositional phrases

Sequencing:

order of events involved with Crab learning to share

Vocabulary:

roaming, stinging, fierce, pretends, smashed, proud, shy

Character Analysis:

Crab- wants a home, but doesn’t want to share until he realizes how much better it is to share with friends.
Blob- wants a home, is able to protect his home and friends from big fish.
Brush- wants a home, loves doing house work, and wants peace in their friendship.

Social/Emotional:

Crab, Blob, and Brush learn to work as a team and share.
Notice the facial expressions.
Discuss conflicts and resolutions in relationships.

Figurative Language:

metaphor- “I’m fed up with being your taxi”

Grammar:

prepositional phrases
adjectives
verbs (present progressive)
verbs (action)

Text Features:

exclamation points
dialogue

Phonological Awareness:

rhyming
alliteration

Inferencing:

Why do you think Crab is running?
How do you think Crab feels and why?
Why are they frowning?
Why does Blob think Crab is ungrateful?
Why did Brush cry out “peace!”?
Why do you think they pretended to be glad?

Predicting:

How do you think Blob can help Crab?

If you are interested in seeing other summer books to use in therapy, then check out the Seasonal Teaching Points Book List for a printable copy.