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speech and language teaching concepts for The Little Mouse The Red Ripe Strawberry and The Big Hungry Bear in speech therapy
Frequent Speech Sounds:

/r/ initial
/str/ initial
/air/ medial and final
/s/ final
/er/ medial
/b/ initial and medial
Themes:

non-seasonal
Book Details:
Diverse Characters: N/A
Age Recommendation: Early Childhood, Elementary
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The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear

By Audrey Wood

Little Mouse loves strawberries, but so does the big hungry bear . . . How will Little Mouse stop the bear from eating his freshly picked, red ripe strawberry? This classic story is beloved for its humor, expressive illustrations, and surprise ending—pure read-aloud fun!

This sneaky predicting book can be used in speech therapy to address sequencing. It is also great for noticing character expressions and for targeting /r/, /str/, /air/, /er/ and /s/ sounds! Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear in speech therapy below: 

Key Teaching Concepts

Narrative Structure:

complete episode
Narrative Concepts:

sequencing​
inferencing
illustration study​
problem solving
predicting​
text features​
Sequencing:

order of attempts to hide the strawberry from the bear
Vocabulary:

hungry, picked, quick, half, guard, disguise, ripe
Figurative Language:

onomatopoeia (boom, sniff, yum) 
Grammar:

adjectives
verbs (present progressive)
Text Features:

capitals
dashes
ellipses
exclamation marks
Phonological Awareness:

alliteration (red ripe)
multisyllabic words
Inferencing:

The plan of the story is for the mouse to keep the strawberry away from the bear.
Notice mouse’s body language and facial expressions.
Why does the mouse look surprised?
Why did the mouse pick the strawberry?
Why is did the mouse guard/disguise/hide the strawberry?
Why will that not keep the bear away?
Predicting:

Who do you think will want to eat the red ripe strawberry?
What do you think the mouse is doing?
How will he reach the strawberry?
Do you think the bear will get to the strawberry?
Where do you think mouse could hide?
Do you think bear will find it now?
Where else could he hide it?
Problem Solving:

The mouse has to find a way to keep a red, ripe strawberry fromm a big, hungry bear.