speech and language teaching concepts for The Cow Loves Cookies in speech therapy​
Frequent Speech Sounds:

/b/ initial (but)
/h/ initial (hay, horse, he)
/k/ initial (cow, cookies, corn)
/l/ initial (loves)
/f/ initial (farmer)
/ar/ medial (farmer)
/m/ medial (farmer)
/er/ final (farmer)

Themes:

farm

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

The Cow Loves Cookies

By Karma Wilson

With an original twist on the ordinary barnyard picture book, this read-aloud from bestselling author Karma Wilson is a clever exploration of a curious incident on the farm. As the farmer makes his rounds each day, most of the animals chew on the foods a young reader would expect. But when it’s time to feed the cow, she feasts on a special treat! Wilson’s signature style and Marcellus Hall’s spirited watercolors will delight children on and off the farm—because when it comes down to it, who doesn’t love milk and cookies?

This fun farm book can be used in speech therapy to address sequencing and negation. It is also great for targeting synonyms! Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using The Cow Loves Cookies in speech therapy below:

Key Teaching Concepts

Narrative Structure:

action sequence

great for background knowledge of the farm
semi cumulative style- review of all the things the farmer does

Narrative Concepts:

vocabulary
synonyms
phonological awareness
sequencing
negation
predicting
repetitive text
point-of-view

Sequencing:

order of who the farmer feeds

Vocabulary:

nibble, peck, gobbles, gulps, munch, glee, delight, divine, deal, tin, dunk

Grammar:

negation
synonyms

Text Features:

repetitive text- the cow loves cookies- for students to join in

Phonological Awareness:

rhyming
alliteration

Inferencing:

point-of-view- you can infer that the cat is telling the story

Predicting:

Why does the cow love cookies so much?

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