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We’ve been doing lots of play based therapy with

We’ve been doing lots of play based therapy with the new Little Blue Truck book! Also- your story props don’t have to be fancy! We grabbed a blue play scarf for water (construction paper works too!) and we stacked some shape sorter blocks for the trees in the woods.

I have something I’ve been working on that I am SO excited about, coming soon that involves this book… and I’d love to know, so I can serve you in the best way and give you what you really need… what is your biggest need or struggles when it comes to using literacy-based therapy? Comment below or send me a DM!

If there’s ONE BOOK every therapist and teacher

I mean, I don’t wanna brag, BUT… I got to go o

I mean, I don’t wanna brag, BUT… I got to go on a boat ride last week 💁‍♀️🤣 The boat is only second to my picture being thrown in the toilet one year 😂 Whats the funniest thing a kid has done with your picture on their visual schedule?

You may be familiar with “Bunny Slopes” for wi

You may be familiar with “Bunny Slopes” for winter… but did you know there was a summer version of this cute interactive book series called Bunny Overboard?

Concepts and skills that go great with this book are…
-following directions
-motor imitation
-over/under

-up/down (if you have access to a big Lycra blanket or parachute from your OT or preschool teachers, pretend the sheet is the ocean/boat and make bunny go up and down with a group- the kids LOVE this and it’s perfect for circle time!)

-ocean vocabulary (do an I Spy in the ocean activity!)

…and at the end you could even make “carrot” lemonade like Bunny does, as a whole group “cooking” activity- but I’d proooobably use orange juice for the orange coloring instead of carrot juice- just my personal preference 🤣

Swipe through to see a sample of some of the pages ➡️ and let me know if you have this book!

Packing for a hot weather vs cold weather trip wit

Packing for a hot weather vs cold weather trip with “Penguin on Vacation” - Perfect easy activity for circle time or also to work on clothing vocab and body parts in a smaller group setting- talk about where each clothing item goes on your body as you find it! This activity lends itself well to practicing “when” questions, too - “When do you wear xyz?” “When it’s hot/when it’s cold”

Part of my summer circle time book companion set on TpT!

Book based play is my love language, so when frien

Book based play is my love language, so when friends of ours asked for books for their preschoolers’ birthday party, I couldn’t get JUST books- I had to be extra and put together some book kits with play activities relating to the books! (If you invite a preschool SLP to a party… 😅😆)

In relation to what WE do, though, as therapists- a recent study found that one of the strongest predictors of story comprehension in preschoolers was enactment, or reenacting events given relevant props from the story. (Dempsey 2021)

So- what’s that mean? Play, play, play! Retelling skills and story comprehension skills can and should be worked on during play relating to the story!

Swipe through ➡️ to see the play activities I put together for this cute ocean themed twist on 3 Little Pigs (definitely consider adding this to your ocean-themed book collection!)

1️⃣- make a seaweed house by gluing on seaweed snack (for therapy we’re putting it on a cardstock house)- have the fish swim over, under, around, behind it, etc…

2️⃣- build with kinetic sand- work on targets like big, small, top, bottom, tall, short

3️⃣- make a pirate ship- @gluedtomycrafts has some cute and simple pirate ship popsicle stick crafts! We’ll work on following directions and requesting different colored sticks

You won’t be able to get to all of these in one 15-20 minute session, which is totally fine- it extends the book usage for you (hello, less planning!) and just gives more opportunities to work on all of these skills!

Belly slide, flipper flap, ‘round the back, pola

Belly slide, flipper flap, ‘round the back, polar clap!

Yes- I have this book memorized
Yes- I have a favorite line 😂

This is one of our favorite books at our house right now, and Olivia is sometimes imitating hitting the book for high fives! I use this book in therapy with some of my littles too and they love it!

You can work on the high five gesture, labeling animals, animal sounds, “hi” if “high five” is too hard for them to say, and actions (stomp your feet, hold your nose)!
You can even talk about “where” each animal lives!

Do you have this book yet? If you don’t, you should check it out! Swipe ➡️ to see some of the pages inside!

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