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Creating Incredible Games that Match Story Content



               Types of Predictable Books


                   There are eight different types of predictable books. We can use these eight groups to categorize
               the books we read and get a better understanding of what each book has to offer.   These predictable
               categories also enable us to better define WHY our favorite books for speech therapy are successful,

               thus helping identify other book titles for future sessions.

                   1.  Chain or Circular Story: The story's ending leads back to the beginning.
                       Example: Where the Wild Things Are


                   2.  Cumulative Story: The story builds on a pattern. It starts with one person, place,
                       thing, or event. Each time a new person, place, thing, or event is shown, all the
                       previous ones are repeated. Example: There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

                   3.  Familiar Sequence Story: A common, recognizable theme such as the days of the
                       week, the months, etc. Example: Today is Monday

                   4.  Pattern Story: The scenes or episodes are repeated with a variation. Example: Froggy
                       Gets Dressed

                   5.  Question and Answer Book:  A question is repeated throughout the
                       story. Example: Brown Bear, Brown Bear

                   6.  Repetition of Phrase Book:   A phrase or sentence is repeated. Example: Goodnight
                       Moon

                   7.  Rhyme Book: A rhyme, refrain, or rhythm is repeated throughout the story.
                       Example: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom


                   8.  Song Book: Familiar songs with repeated phrases, sentences, rhymes, or refrains.
                       Example: Five Little Monkeys



               Note that predictable themes are easier to identify with books written for younger children.  We
               often see more overlap of characteristics in different types of predictable books in stories written for
               older children, as they contain more story elements.  Let’s talk about each type of predictable book

               in-depth and the natural way these books lend themselves to being taught through games.  Some
               storybooks are predictable in several ways.  For example, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
               both rhymes and follows a pattern.  We have grouped the following books based on how we have

               used them successfully in therapy.


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