Our Favorite Alternatives to Halloween Books – Episode 22
Even though many kids love Halloween and everything related to it, we need to remember it’s not for everyone. But what do you do when you still want to incorporate that theme in your literacy-based speech therapy sessions? You use alternatives to Halloween picture books. Yes, there is such a thing and we’ve got you covered! We’re sharing eight of our favorite alternatives to Halloween books to use with your students.
Teaching with a theme always makes it more fun for you and engaging for your students. These alternatives to Halloween books allow you to utilize them during the fall season without any mention of the holiday. Each book is classified as a complete episode and teachers can incorporate various story elements, high frequency sounds, and themes. So if you choose not to mention Halloween during this time, be sure to use our favorite alternatives to Halloween books to keep your students engaged during your speech therapy sessions!
Topics Discussed:
- Explanation of each alternative to Halloween books
- Reasons why you’d use these alternative books in your speech therapy sessions
- Ways you can parallel these books to other Halloween picture books
- Preview of what’s to come in our next episode
Resources mentioned:
- Free Alternative Halloween Book Notes
- 1 Page Book Cheat Sheets – Fall and Halloween
- Night Animals by Gianna Marino
- Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
- Aaaarrgghh, Spider! by Lydia Monks
- Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper
- I’m Trying to Love Spiders by Bethany Barton
- Pumpkin Town (Or, Nothing is Better and Worse than Pumpkins) by Katie McKy
- The Roll-Away Pumpkin by Junia Wonders
- The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin by Joe Troiano
- Halloween Book Companions for Speech Therapy
- Book Search – Halloween Alternatives
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