
62. Our Favorite S Sound Picture Books for Speech Therapy: Part 1
07/09/24 • 15 min
When working with students on their speech sounds, especially in a literacy-based approach, it’s important to incorporate books with those sounds for students to practice with. We spend a lot of our episodes going over books with specific themes or literacy concepts, so we wanted to dedicate a few episodes focusing on books with high-frequency speech sounds. The first speech sound is the /s/ sound. So, in today’s episode, we’re sharing our favorite /s/ sound picture books that you can use in your speech therapy sessions.
Resources Mentioned:
- Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes Narrative Notes
- Free Wordless Book List
- Episode 51, Dive into the Mother Bruce Books Series for Speech Therapy
- Book Search - S Sound
- 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/s-sound-picture-books
When working with students on their speech sounds, especially in a literacy-based approach, it’s important to incorporate books with those sounds for students to practice with. We spend a lot of our episodes going over books with specific themes or literacy concepts, so we wanted to dedicate a few episodes focusing on books with high-frequency speech sounds. The first speech sound is the /s/ sound. So, in today’s episode, we’re sharing our favorite /s/ sound picture books that you can use in your speech therapy sessions.
Resources Mentioned:
- Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes Narrative Notes
- Free Wordless Book List
- Episode 51, Dive into the Mother Bruce Books Series for Speech Therapy
- Book Search - S Sound
- 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/s-sound-picture-books
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61. How to Implement the Orton-Gillingham Approach in Speech Therapy with Elizabeth Doherty
We had so much to talk about with Elizabeth that we kept her around to talk about more things related to Speech-Language Pathologists! Elizabeth has a passion for reading and decoding, which is why she decided to specialize in those two areas, along with being Orton-Gillingham certified. Therefore, we picked Elizabeth’s brain so that she could share her knowledge and experience in those areas. So, in today’s episode, Elizabeth shares how to implement the Orton-Gillingham approach and how she successfully addresses reading in her speech therapy sessions.
Resources Mentioned:
- Spire Illustrated Decodable Readers
- Books for Upper Elementary Students
- Elizabeth’s PD Course: The Word Reading SLP – use this link for $20 off!
- Follow Elizabeth on Instagram: elizabeth_readingslp
- Follow us on Instagram @literacybasedspeechtherapy
- Write your review on Apple Podcasts!
Show Notes: https://sweetsouthernspeech.com/podcast/orton-gillingham-approach
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63. Our Favorite S Sound Picture Books for Speech Therapy: Part 2
In last week’s episode, we shared some of our favorite /s/ sound picture books, and there are so many more books that we love, so we decided to do another episode with the same topic! However, the slight difference in this episode is that we’re sharing books that have /s/ blends, mixed, or recurring /s/ sound words. This list we’ve created has engaging books with high-frequency /s/ sounds in the content, not just the titles. We’re so excited to share more of our favorite /s/ sound picture books with you!
Resources Mentioned:
- Book Search - /s/ blends
- 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-s-sound-picture-books
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