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Literacy-Based Speech Language Therapy Activities

Great during- and post-reading activities to go along with Five
Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed:

 Provide each child with a picture or token manipulative monkey to use while the song and
story are being presented along with a bed so that children can join in while the story is

being told.
 Give children opportunities to learn the story and chant or sing along by presenting the story
over a number of days – re-reading/reviewing stories so that children become familiar with

them is a wonderful way to target articulation and new vocabulary. Use purposeful pauses in
the story to allow children to ‘fill in the blank.’

 Have children create a monkey face crafted from paper plates to work on following
instructions and requesting necessary items. The monkey face could be converted into a
mask with a popsicle stick and children could act out the story after reading to practice a

simple story retell.
 Using the story as a starting point, collaborate and create a bedtime social story for younger

children to take home and use with parents or create a chart including expected and
unexpected bedtime routine behaviors.
 Use a rhyming activity to work on phonological and speech sound goals with students using

words from the story – have children clap along and practice rhyming words or come up
with words on their own.

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