Deep Dive into Using Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes in Speech Therapy – Episode 66

With back-to-school season upon us, we love incorporating books with that theme into our speech therapy sessions. There are so many wonderful books out there, but we always go back to a classic favorite, Pete the Cat. This fun, loveable, and fan-favorite is a classic read for a reason, but it also has great key concepts to work on with your students. In today’s episode, we’re doing a deep dive using Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes by James Dean and sharing how to effectively use this book in your speech therapy sessions.

In each of our deep-dive episodes, we discuss how we go through a book and pick out all the relevant speech and language goals and concepts to review with your students. Knowing the important concepts of books you’re reading with your students helps you go deeper into a student’s understanding of how certain concepts are used and their meaning to the overall story. 

As we deep-dive using Pete the Cat, we share why we’re pulling this book off our shelf, all the key concepts, and examples to point out and use with your students. This book also does a great job of exploring character emotions, which you can relate to your students’ feelings towards a new school year and the emotions they’re feeling. So, if you’re looking for a fun back-to-school book, consider using Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes with your students! 

Topics Discussed:

• Our process for pulling out all the relevant speech and language goals and key concepts to use with your students
• All the key concepts on why we’re pulling Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes off the shelf and examples from the book on each key concept
• Ways to help your students connect to the emotions they’re feeling with school using this book and why it’s so relatable 
• How to create a parallel story after reading the book using your students’ first days of school experiences and emotions