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Literacy-Based Speech Language Therapy Activities

Rhyme Books for Speech Therapy

Title Description of Story

Green Eggs and Ham Plot: Sam-I-am persistently asks: “Do you
like green eggs and ham?” through a
Huevos verdes con traveling, rhyming story.
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Why we like it: This book as memorable
and unmistakable characters and signature
rhymes. Also helpful with reading goals.

Chicka Chicka Boom Plot: 26 characters of the alphabet make
Boom their way to the top of a coconut tree
before the tree bends from the weight.

Why we like it: The book adds familiar
order using the alphabet to the rhyme
which makes it easy to follow and
memorize. The children can relate to
everyone wanted to join in on the fun but
there being too many!

Sheep in a Jeep Plot: A flock of hapless sheep drive
through the country in this rhyming
picture book.

Why we like it: Lots of action words and
onomatopoeia. High use of fricative
sounds and kids love watching what all
goes wrong when the sheep try to drive.

I Ain't Gonna Paint No Plot: A child paints the walls, then the
More! ceiling, then himself before his mother
comes in.

Why we like it. This book rhymes to the
tune of "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More." It
is a nice change of pace grammatically.
Lots of opportunities to describe colors,
do painting projects, and discuss behavior.

Tanka Tanka Skunk! Plot: This a rhyming book about rhyming.
Skunk and Tanka use inventive words to
create a beat on drums.

Why we like it: This book is really fun and
uses made up words. It helps for
utterance expansion and kids love to tap
the beat out on the table top so it helps
with producing more syllables.

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