How to Get Older Students to “Buy Into” Picture Books – Episode 7
In our speech therapy sessions we have students of all ages, so when we use a literacy-based approach, our older students can sometimes feel like picture books are too babyish for them. However, we know that research supports using picture books for oral language skills, which is what our students are in our sessions for. That’s why we’ve come up with some ways to get older students using picture books in their speech therapy sessions.
Throughout the episode, we highlight a variety of things to consider on how to get older students using picture books. These ideas range from setting the tone in your speech room, changing the format of the book, to considering the complexity of the text.
We even throw in some helpful tricks if pushback occurs. Regardless of your approach to getting older students using picture books, remember it’s about having and showing respect for your students!
Topics Discussed:
- Why finding a parallel story assists in their understanding of themes and concepts
- Ways to deal when students give pushback regarding using picture books
- Tricks to use when getting older students “buy in” for using picture books
- How to make students comfortable and confident when back in their regular classrooms
Resources mentioned:
- Search for books for upper elementary or middle school students
- Themed Picture Books List Inventory for Speech Therapy
- Using Wordless Picture Books in Speech Therapy
- Speech Therapy Organization Book Bin Labels
- Enemy Pie, by Derek Munson
- The Gruffalo, by Julia Donaldson
- A Bad Case of Stripes, by David Shannon
- Follow us on Instagram @literacybasedspeechtherapy.
- Write your review on Apple Podcasts!
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Do you want to use picture books more in your speech therapy sessions, but have no idea where to start? OR are you already using books in therapy but find it time-consuming to find the RIGHT book and identify relevant speech and language concepts?
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Join co-hosts Ashley and Kalin from Sweet Southern Speech each week as they share evidence-based and SLP-approved strategies to use picture books more efficiently and effectively in your speech therapy sessions.
