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Creating Incredible Games that Match Story Content

Cumulative Stories for Speech Therapy
Title Description of Story

The Gingerbread Man A lovely old couple make a child out of
gingerbread. He comes to life and escapes
El hombre de pan de them. Animals chase him, trying to eat
jengibre him. He outsmarts everyone except the
fox.

Why we like it: Kids will enjoy seeing how
the gingerbread man outsmarts the fox,
and chant along to the rhythm of the

story. Great story for working on action
words, describing, sentence building, and
/r/ in English and Spanish (along with
/rr/ in ‘corre’).

The Gigantic Turnip Plot: A farmer and his wife find a giant
turnip in their garden that requires
El nabo gigante cooperation from all the animals on the
farm to unroot.

Why we like it: Great story for working on
wh- questions, /r/ clusters (Spanish),
seasons and vegetable/planting
vocabulary. It also teaches the value of

teamwork.
Go Away Big Green Plot: While turning the pages of this die-
Monster cut book, a big green monster grows then
disappears.
Fuera de aqui,
monstruo verde! Why we like it: On each page a new body
part is introduced and described. This also
a good book for /r/ in English and
Spanish. It is best used for ages 3-5 years.
!

There Was an Old Lady Plot: This is a well-known story of an old
Who Swallowed a Fly lady who swallows one animal after
another to catch the preceding one.
.
Why we like it: Children enjoy guessing
what the old lady will need to swallow next
to catch each animal, and the die-cut
illustrations make this fun. This is a good
story for targeting animal vocabulary,

colors, sequencing, and /s/ and /l/
clusters (English) and /r/ clusters
(Spanish).

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