speech and language teaching concepts for Silly Sally in speech therapy
Frequent Speech Sounds:

/s/ initial
/l/ medial

Themes:

non-seasonal

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

Silly Sally

By Audrey Wood

Dance a jig with a silly pig. Play leapfrog with a silly dog. And that’s just the beginning of all the fun! Come along and join Silly Sally and her funny friends as they parade into town in a most unusual way.

This silly repetitive book can be used in speech therapy to target predicting. It is also great for sequencing, rhyming and for targeting /s/ and /l/ sounds! Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using Silly Sally in speech therapy below: 

Key Teaching Concepts

Narrative Structure:

action sequence

Narrative Concepts:

sequencing
predicting​
pronouns (subject) (she, they, he)
verbs (action)
verbs (regular past tense)
verbs (present progressive)
phonological awareness​
repetitive text

Sequencing:

order of animals Silly Sally sees on her way to town

Vocabulary:

jig, loon, leapfrog, tune

Grammar:

pronouns (subject) (she, they, he)
verbs (action)
verbs (regular past tense)
verbs (present progressive)

Text Features:

repetitive text

Phonological Awareness:

rhyming

Predicting:

How do you think she will get to town?
Who do you think she will meet next?
What do you think she will do with the pig, dog, loon, and sheep?
What do you think Neddy will do with each of them?