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Literacy-Based Speech Language Therapy Activities

Repetition of Phrase Stories

In a repetition of phrase story the word order
of a phrase or sentence often has a cadence
that slows downs, speeds up, or even rhymes.

A good example is Goodnight Moon/Buenas
noches luna.

Repetition of phrase stories

are great for therapy because:
 The repetition of wording from the story
allows young readers to participate
and/or chant along with the story,
further engaging them in the chain of events.
 Are especially conducive to teaching inferencing and prediction-making skills for children
before they can read on their own.
 Children can anticipate what’s coming next, which develops increased confidence in
establishing basic reading skills.
 The repetition built into the story can easily provide numerous opportunities for exposing
children to new syntactical rules.
 The repeated phrases can be very helpful in practicing a targeted speech sound or
phonological process.
 Familiarity and predictability guide children to develop increased understanding and
comprehension of material, which is why children will often beg us to re-read a book or
continue with a familiar series – great for building vocabulary and helps us support academic
skills at the same time!

How to use Repetition of Phrase Stories in Speech Therapy
Here is one of our favorite repetition of phrase stories

and examples of how we use it in therapy to target a
variety of goals:

Bear on a Bike/Oso en bicicleta:

by Stella Blackstone

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