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speech and language teaching concepts for Somewhere in the Ocean in speech therapy
Frequent Speech Sounds:

/s/ initial
/w/ initial and medial
/th/ initial
/sh/ medial
/air/ final

Themes:

ocean
counting

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

Somewhere in the Ocean

By Jennifer Ward

A counting book in rhyme presents various marine animals and their children, from a mother manatee and her little calf one to a mother octopus and her little babies ten.

This beautifully illustrated ocean book can be used in speech therapy to address vocabulary and describing. It is also has repetitive text on each page, which is great for targeting /s/, /w/, /th/, /sh/ and /air/ sounds! Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using Somewhere in the Ocean in speech therapy below:

Key Teaching Concepts

Narrative Structure:

action sequence

Narrative Concepts:

vocabulary
sequencing
adjectives
verbs (regular past tense)
phonological awareness
counting

Sequencing:

order of animals in the ocean that listened to their mothers

Vocabulary:

manatee, calf, orca whale, anemone, clown fish, nestle, tide pool, shore, hermit crab, kelp, thrive, sea otters, urchin, tiger shark, sea horse, sea turtles, jellyfish, coral reef den, octopus

Grammar:

adjectives
verbs (action)
verbs (regular past tense)

Text Features:

glossary
bold text
dialogue
hidden numbers
change in text size
repetitive text

Phonological Awareness:

rhyming

Predicting:

What animal do you think will listen to their mother next?
What do you think their mother will tell them to do next?

If you are interested in seeing other ocean/beach books to use in therapy, then check out the Themed Key Teaching Points Book List for a printable copy.