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speech and language teaching concepts for The Very Hungry Caterpillar in speech therapy
Frequent Speech Sounds:

/k/ initial (caterpillar)
/l/ medial (caterpillar)
/er/ final (caterpillar)
/gr/ medial
/thr/
/b/ initial
/h/ initial
/z/ /final
/st/
/w/ initial
/l/ final
Themes:

Spring
bugs
Book Details:
Diverse Characters: N/A
Age Recommendation: Early Childhood, Elementary
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

By Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a 1969 children’s picture book designed, illustrated, and written by Eric Carle. The book features a hungry caterpillar that eats a variety of foods before pupating and emerging as a butterfly.

This fun and bright Spring-themed book can be used in speech therapy to address sequencing and predicting. It is also great for targeting /k/, /st/, /l/, /er/, /gr/, and MORE.  Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using The Very Hungry Caterpillar in speech therapy below: 

Key Teaching Concepts

Narrative Structure:

action sequence
Narrative Concepts:

vocabulary
sequencing
predicting
adjectives
repetitive text
counting
Sequencing:

order of days of the week
order of foods that the caterpillar ate through
Vocabulary:

days of the week (Monday-Sunday), hungry, caterpillar, slice, stomachache, cocoon, nibbled, butterfly
Grammar:

adjectives
Text Features:

repetitive text
Predicting:

What will the caterpillar do since he is hungry?
What will he eat first?
What will he eat next?
What will happen to the caterpillar after he eats all of the food?
What will happen to the caterpillar after he eats through the big green leaf?
What will happen after the caterpillar goes into his cocoon?
What will the caterpillar turn into?

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

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

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