Seasonal Book Companion Visuals for Speech Therapy: Hands-On Play Based Learning

ONE HUNDRED Speech Therapy Book Companions! Are you looking for some super simple, easy prep book companions for your little learners? These quick prep book companions are great for the busy SLP. They include Evidenced based practices and strategies for read alouds for young learners, presented with research based practices that are broken down for you. These are a great addition to your seasonal/thematic therapy! They also include BONUS visuals for retell, wh questions, and more.

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Watch my YouTube video here for the digital component.

These book companions include three variations:

1. At least FIVE full-size low prep book companions per topic, for hands on practice for popular seasonal read aloud stories, with evidence based read aloud strategies and supports.

2. THREE TO TEN (depending on season) task box size book companions per topic (that's 20-40 PER SEASON!!), for easy, on the go therapy requiring minimal prep. Task box size companions are one 4x6 page, and fit inside 4x6 photo boxes. All book companions will fit in one box per season to take with you on-the-go. Task box sized book companions can be taped or clipped directly into books in order to always have a visual right at your fingertips.

3. Digital Book Companions via Google Slides for use via teletherapy and distance learning. Simply open in Google slides, follow the directions, and screen share both the read aloud AND visuals at once. Can also share with parents for use at home (parents/guardians and protected school sites for your students ONLY). Digital Book Companions are currently included for ALL Fall stories (over 24 books!) and winter will be updated with digital format by November 2020.

**Note: All full-sized book companions include a task box sized visual companion. However, not all task boxed sized visual companions include a full-sized companion.

Storage ideas and uses also included for easy prep!

How do I use this in my therapy room??

I like to have the large hands on / full size book companion with me, and give each student the 4x6 task box size visuals/companion. This way, as I'm asking questions and using read aloud strategies, each student has the visual in front of them as reference. We can use the full-size hands on companions for play based therapy, and using the task box sized visual companions for extra support. Another option is for each student and therapist to each have a task box sized visual companion in front of them for extra support. I also use packaging tape, and tape each 4x6 visual companion into the cover of every accompanying book so that I ALWAYS have a visual with me no matter where I end up (i.e. a broom closet next to my preschool classroom!).

Seasonal Book Companions Included:

Fall (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Farming, General Fall)

Winter (Christmas, General Winter including Gingerbread & Snowmen, Valentine's Day, St Patrick's Day)

Spring (Weather, Flowers/Plants/Gardens, Easter/Bunnies, General Spring)

Summer (Camping, Beach, Insects, Ocean)

WINTER, SPRING, AND FALL BOOKS HAVE BONUS DIGITAL COMPONENT TO SUPPORT DISTANCE LEARNING. WATCH MY VIDEO HERE TO SEE HOW IT WORKS!

Fall books included:

FALL BOOKS HAVE BONUS DIGITAL COMPONENT. WATCH MY VIDEO HERE TO SEE HOW IT WORKS!

General Fall:

• The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
• Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves
• The Busy Little Squirrel
• When the Leaf Blew In
• Ten Red Apples
• We’re Going on a Leaf Hunt
• We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
• The Apple Pie Tree

Halloween

• Inside a House that is Haunted
• Old Lady Swallowed a Bat
• Old Lady Swallowed a Ghost
• This is the House that Monsters Built
• Little Blue Truck’s Halloween
• Spooky Wheels on the Bus
• Ten Timid Ghosts

Thanksgiving

• Turkey Trouble
• Old Lady Swallowed a Turkey
• Scarecrow's Hat
• Bear Says Thanks
• Old Lady Swallowed a Pie

Farming

• Little Blue Truck
• Goodnight, Little Blue Truck
• Rosie's Walk
• No Sleep for the Sheep

Winter books included:

Christmas:

• Old Lady Swallowed A Bell
• Bear Stays Up for Christmas
• Little Blue Truck’s Christmas
• If You Take a Mouse to the Movies
• Turkey Claus
• The Polar Express
• Gingerbread Baby
• Snowmen at Christmas
• Who Will Guide My Sleigh Tonight?
• The Littlest Elf

General Winter:

• Cold Lady..Swallowed Some Snow
• The Mitten
• The Jacket I Wear in the Snow
• Ten on the Sled
• Sneezy the Snowman
• Bear Snores On
• Snowmen at Night
• A Cozy Goodnight
• Bear Can’t Sleep
• A Loud Winter’s Nap
• The Snowy Nap

Valentine's Day:

• Old Lady Swallowed a Rose
• The Night Before Valentine’s Day
• The Kissing Hand
• Hug Machine
• The Perfect Hug
• The Biggest Kiss
• Hedgehugs
• Little Blue Truck's Valentine

St. Patrick's Day:

• Old Lady Swallowed a Clover
• The Night Before St. Pat’s Day
• Lucky Tucker
• Good Luck Bear
• Ten Lucky Leprechauns
• Good Luck Bear
• How to Catch a Leprechaun

Spring books included:

Easter:

• There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick
• The Night Before Easter
• Happy Easter, Mouse!
• It’s Not Easy Being a Bunny
• Going on an Egg Hunt
• Turkey’s Eggcelent Easter

Spring

• Old Lady Swallowed a Frog
• Little Blue Truck’s Springtime
• Bear Wants More
• Too Many Carrots
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar
• The Grouchy Ladybug
• We’re Going on a Nature Hunt

Garden

• Grow Flower Grow
• Flower Garden
• Lola Wants to Plant a Garden

Weather

• Rain
• Little Cloud
• The Rain Came Down

Summer books included:

Ocean

• Old Lady Swallowed a Shell
• Three Fish and a Big Bad Shark
• A House for Hermit Crab
• Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea
• The Pout Pout Fish

Pets

• What Pet to Get
• My Pet Wants a Pet
• Pet This Book
• Dr Potts, My Pets Have Spots!
• Dog's Colorful Day
• Dear Zoo

Camping and Forest

• Scare a Bear
• Row, Row, Row Your Boat (Jane Cabrera)
• The Not-So-Great Outdoors
• A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee
• Bear Came Along

Insects COMING SPRING 2023

• In the Tall Tall Grass
• Bug Dance
• Bugs Bugs Bugs!
• The Very Clumsy Click Beetle
• Ten Little Caterpillars

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