“I am very brave,” Sheila Rae said, patting herself on the back. She wasn’t afraid of anything—not thunder, not lightning, not the big black dog at the end of the block. And when she wanted to walk home a new way and Louise wouldn’t, she called her sister a scaredy-cat and set out alone. But all the bravado in the world failed to help when Sheila Rae found herself lost. Luckily, her sister was not far behind.
This insightful feelings and /r/-themed book can be used in speech therapy to target /r/ blends. It also is great for addressing character analysis and the social/emotional issue of being overly confident while also being scared at times too. Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using Sheila Rae the Brave in speech therapy below: