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speech and language teaching concepts for There Was an Old Scientist Who Swallowed a Dinosaur in speech therapy​ ​
Frequent Speech Sounds:

/ld/ final
/s/ initial
/st/ final
/sw/ initial
/l/ medial
/pl/ initial
/or/ final

Themes:

dinosaur
non-seasonal

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

There Was an Old Scientist Who Swallowed a Dinosaur!

By Lucille Colandro

You won’t believe why the Old Scientist swallowed a dinosaur, a fern, a rock, a pick, a dustpan, a sifting screen, a pen, and a magnifying glass! There was an old scientist who swallowed a dinosaur. I don’t know why she swallowed a dinosaur but she needed to explore.

This funny, rhyming dinosaur book can be used in speech therapy to address concept vocabulary, sequencing and verbs. It is also great for targeting sounds including /ld/, /s/, /st/, /sw/, /l/, /pl/, and /or/! Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using There Was an Old Scientist Who Swallowed a Dinosaur! in speech therapy below:

Key Teaching Concepts

Narrative Structure:

action sequence

Narrative Concepts:

vocabulary​
sequencing
predicting
verbs (action)​
repetitive text

Sequencing:

order of items the scientist swallowed

Vocabulary:

explore, million, scientist, fern, herbivore, carnivore, fossils, evidence, radar, drone, examine

Grammar:

verbs (action)

Text Features:

repetitive text

Predicting:

What do you think she will do with each of those items?

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