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Literacy-Based Speech Language Therapy Activities


                       Chain or Circular Stories for Speech Therapy

                                                           Title              Description of Story

                                                   A Chair for My Mother  Plot:  A family must work together with
                                                                           their community to rebuild their home
                                                   Un sillón para mi mamá              after a fire.

                                                                             Why we like it:  Plot, culture, great
                                                                              opportunities for visualizing and
                                                                                       describing.


                                                        Knufflebunny        Plot: On an errand to the laundromat,
                                                                           Trixie loses her beloved stuffed bunny
                                                     El conejito Knuffle    and must figure out where he’s gone.

                                                                            Why we like it: Students identify with
                                                                             Trixie’s struggle to express herself.




                                                       The Snowy Day        Plot: A little boy plays outside in the
                                                                            snow and then goes home to tell his
                                                       Un dia de nieve               mom all about it.

                                                                            Why we like it: Lots of opportunities
                                                                            for predicting, sequencing, and talking
                                                                                 about the winter season.



                                                    If You Give a Mouse a  Plot: When a mouse invites himself into
                                                           Cookie             the house and is given a cookie, a
                                                                            number of entertaining consequences
                                                  Si le das una galletita a un           ensue.
                                                            ratón
                                                                              Why we like it: It’s a good way to
                                                                             introduce the concept of cause and
                                                                            effect and can be used for sequencing
                                                                                      and predicting.

                                                    If You Give a Moose a   Plot: A surprise guest invites himself in
                                                           Muffin           and again takes advantage of a boy’s
                                                                              hospitality in an entertaining way.
                                                  Si le das un panecillo a un
                                                            alce                Why we like it: Similar to its
                                                                               predecessor, it’s also great for
                                                                             sequencing and making predictions,
                                                                             working on sentence building and
                                                                                       vocabulary.

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