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 5 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.
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
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
The Camping Trip by Jennifer K. Mann- Your students will love this picture book/graphic novel hybrid as they experience Ernestine’s first camping trip!
How to use it in speech:
- character analysis
- compare/contrast
- illustration study
- social/emotional
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:
- predicting
- inferencing
- text features
- vocabulary
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
Down to the Sea with Mr. Magee by Chris Van Dusen- Another story about how a man and his dog go on an adventure that does NOT go as planned! During this adventure, Mr. Magee and his dog Dee go boating on the sea and encounter a curious whale.
How to use it in speech:
- phonological awareness
- adjectives
- text features
- inferencing
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