/b/ initial
/n/ initial and medial
/h/ initial
/er/ final
/fl/
/z/ final
Spring
bugs
Buzz from flower to flower with a sweet honeybee in this timely, clever, and breathtakingly gorgeous picture book from critically acclaimed author Kirsten Hall and award-winning illustrator Isabelle Arsenault.
This cute Spring book can be used in speech therapy to address sequencing and describing. It is also great for targeting the following sounds: /b/, /n/, /fl/, and MORE. Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using The Honeybee in speech therapy below:
descriptive sequence
vocabulary
sequencing
illustration study
adjectives
verbs (present progressive)
verbs (action)
text features
inferencing
order of what the bee does on a flower
order of what the house bee does
field, near, wings, pollen, nectar, crowd, hive, ambition, honeycomb, honey, drills, swills, jam, prying, sacs, huddle, stir, ambition, makeup, teeming, blooming, lapping
adjectives
verbs (action)
verbs (present progressive)
different font spacing and colors for emphasis
ALL CAPS
ellipsis
exclamation points
parentheses
Why do you think the bee chose this flower?
How and why do you think the bee drills?
What do you think the bee spills?
Why do you think it spills?
Why do you think the bees are less busy?
How might the winter test the bees?
Who was making the tracks?
Where do you think the bees are going?
Why do you think they make honey?
If you are interested in using The Honeybee and other bug- themed books in speech therapy, then check out these print-&-go cheat sheets. Perfect for when you don’t need a full book companion.
Check out our 14 minute podcast episode, Our Favorite Bug-Themed Picture Books in Speech Therapy for more ideas on The Honeybee and other bug-themed books!
