Summer Themed books to use in Speech Therapy

Popsicles, camping, beach time, and sharks! So many fun narrative themes to incorporate into our speech therapy activities during the summer months. You can read my other blog post with summer book suggestions and download the free language bookmarks. I went deeper with these 3 book companions. I'm giving you full, print-and-go lesson plans for implementing literacy-based speech therapy. They give you all the standards alignment, pre-reading strategies, story grammar, vocabulary, and post-reading activities. See them all HERE.

I selected these books because they meet the following standards I keep in mind when implementing literacy-based speech therapy:

It can be read in under 10 minutes
It has a clear story grammar plot
It includes great vocabulary
Diverse characters are represented

Read more about how I select books to use in Speech Therapy.

A House For Hermit Crab by Eric Carle- I love how this book is organized. It's perfect for sequencing as it goes throughout each month of the year, yet I still consider it a summer theme because it's an ocean animal.

How to use it in speech:

compare/contrast
plot
social-emotional
character analysis

Over and Under The Pond by Kate Messner- A beautiful book about a young boy and mother canoeing on a pond and observing the ecosystem of animals and nature above and below the pond. I love that the main characters are diverse.

How to use it in speech:

compare/contrast
figurative language
repetitive text
vocabulary

A Camping Spree With Mr. Magee by Chris Van Dusen- A fun rhyming book about a man and his dog that go on a camping trip that does NOT go as planned! It will capture a kid's attention easily.

How to use it in speech: