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Literacy-Based Speech Language Therapy Activities


                       But I already use storybooks with my students.  How is

                       this different?

                               You are an educational professional who has probably used fiction and non-fiction books

                       throughout your career.  In writing this book we tackled research in speech-language pathology,
                       education, and library science (see part 1) to assure that every minute of contact has a tremendous
                       impact.  Some research findings really caught us by surprise but when we created intervention based

                       on that research, we saw huge growth.

                       Here are some examples:

                       You, like most educators, probably tell a story or read a book better than every grandmother on the

                       planet.  But have you ever thought about how you organize pre- and post- reading activities?  What if
                       I told you that I have used a single book for three weeks of speech therapy and didn’t even open the
                       book until the second week?  What if I told you that I have a post-reading game-making routine that
                       the kids enjoy so much that they want to skip recess for it?  More on this in Section 3.


                       If you serve children from diverse cultures, did you know that there are five narrative elements that
                       are shared by most cultures and another seven that differ between cultures?  Focus on the five shared
                       elements first and watch a child’s story evolve.  More on this in Section 2.


                       Yes, if you are reading this, you love books as much as we do.  But did you know that the library
                       science folks classify children’s books into eight types?  These eight narrative types give you the
                       power to turn on movies in the child’s brain so they can more easily replay (retell) the story with

                       exquisite detail. Check out Section 6 to learn about these eight predictable narrative types and how to
                       successfully create games.

                       Do you want to know what is truly unique about this book?  It was written by people who:


                       1)  have caseloads
                       2)  are published researchers
                       3)  serve bilingual children, and   YOU CAN NEVER TEACH SOMEONE

                       4)  work in low socio-economic     SOMETHING THAT THEY DO NOT
                           neighborhoods.                 KNOW.  YOU CAN ONLY BRING

                       Basically, this book was written by   WHAT THEY DO KNOW TO A

                       people who are very similar to you.    HIGHER LEVEL OF AWARENESS.
                       We demand evidence to back things
                       up.  We work with large, diverse                          GALILEO GALILEI


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