
53. Our Favorite Bug-Themed Picture Books in Speech Therapy
05/07/24 • 13 min
Doing anything in a theme immediately makes it more fun! And using themed picture books to go over speech and language goals with your students is no exception. We’ve shared a lot of these types of episodes with you in the past because we love putting together lists of our favorite books to use with different themes. With the weather becoming nicer and kids spending more time outside and exploring nature, we knew this theme was perfect. So in today’s episode, we’re sharing our favorite bug-themed picture books to use in speech therapy.
Resources Mentioned:
- Narrative Notes - Bugs
- Narrative Notes - Spring
- Key Teaching Points - Theme (Including Bugs)
- Key Teaching Points - Spring
- Book Search - Bugs
- Follow us on Instagram @literacybasedspeechtherapy
- Write your review on Apple Podcasts!
For the full book list and resources, head to the show notes: https://sweetsouthernspeech.com/podcast/favorite-bug-themed-picture-books
Doing anything in a theme immediately makes it more fun! And using themed picture books to go over speech and language goals with your students is no exception. We’ve shared a lot of these types of episodes with you in the past because we love putting together lists of our favorite books to use with different themes. With the weather becoming nicer and kids spending more time outside and exploring nature, we knew this theme was perfect. So in today’s episode, we’re sharing our favorite bug-themed picture books to use in speech therapy.
Resources Mentioned:
- Narrative Notes - Bugs
- Narrative Notes - Spring
- Key Teaching Points - Theme (Including Bugs)
- Key Teaching Points - Spring
- Book Search - Bugs
- Follow us on Instagram @literacybasedspeechtherapy
- Write your review on Apple Podcasts!
For the full book list and resources, head to the show notes: https://sweetsouthernspeech.com/podcast/favorite-bug-themed-picture-books
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52. How to Plan a Literacy-Based Summer Camp
With summer just around the corner, many of you might be thinking about or already planning on hosting a literacy-based summer camp. These are wonderful opportunities to do something new and fun while still helping kids work on their literacy, language, and phonics concepts. After hosting a few ourselves, we know the most effective routine, how to handle the logistics, and ways to add in some fun and engaging crafts for the kids. So, in today’s episode, we’re sharing how to structure a literacy-based summer camp, along with a few theme ideas.
Resources Mentioned:
- Narrative Key Teaching Points - Seasonal
- Narrative Key Teaching Points - Themed
- Narrative Note Cheat Sheet Bundle
- Book Companions - Summer
- Book Search
- Kristine Deworocki’s Instagram
- Episode 4, Our Top 10 Summer Books for Speech Therapy
- Episode 19, Our Favorite Pirate Books
- Follow us on Instagram @literacybasedspeechtherapy
- Write your review on Apple Podcasts!
For the full book list and resources, head to the show notes: https://sweetsouthernspeech.com/podcast/literacy-based-summer-camp
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54. This or That: Using Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping and The Camping Trip in Speech Therapy
With the weather getting nice and families starting to spend more time outside, we wanted to bring that energy into your speech therapy sessions. A lot of families spend the spring and summer months camping and enjoying the outdoors, which is why we're doing a "this or that" episode with camping books. So, in today's episode, we've chosen the books Scaredy Squirrel and The Camping Trip and are deciphering which book is best used for your speech therapy students.
Resources Mentioned:
- Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping by Melanie Watt
- The Camping Trip by Jennifer K. Mann
- Key Teaching Points - Seasonal
- Narrative Notes - Summer
- Book Companions - Summer
- Book Search - Camping
- Episode 52, How to Plan a Literacy-Based Summer Camp
- Episode 4, Our Top 10 Summer Books for Speech Therapy
- Follow us on Instagram @literacybasedspeechtherapy
- Write your review on Apple Podcasts!
For the full book list and resources, head to the show notes: https://sweetsouthernspeech.com/podcast/speech-therapy-camping-books
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