/l/ initial and medial
/sw/ initial
/sn/ initial
/z/ final
/sh/ initial (she)
fall
leaves
scarecrow
Our favorite old lady is back and swallowing fall-themed items! What can you make from leaves, clothes, a pumpkin, and rope? That’s right, a scarecrow!
This silly fall and leaves-themed book can be used in speech therapy to address rhyming. It is also great for working with kids who have speech sound disorders due to the repetitive and predictable text. Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using There Was an Old Lady Swallowed Some Leaves in speech therapy below:
action sequence
cumulative tale
sequencing
illustration study
predicting
verbs (action)
verbs (regular past tense)
phonological awareness
repetitive text
pronoun (subject)- “she”
Who and Why questions
order of fall items that the old lady swallowed
bumpkin, prop up, mope
“on a roll”
adjectives
verbs (action)
verbs (regular past tense)
Why and Who questions
pronoun (subject)- “she”
repetitive text
rhyming
What do you think she is going to swallow next?
Why do you think she swallowed ?
If you are interested in seeing other fall and leaves-themed books to use in therapy, then check out the Narrative Teaching Points Book List for a printable copy.
