Reading Repetitive Books

Speech Therapy

Jul 19

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Pause to allow the child to fill in a portion of a repeated phrase.
Encourage the child to repeat a carrier phrase heard throughout the story.

Provide adequate time for the child to attempt productions.
Read a preferred repetitive book multiple times and provide increased opportunities for the child to verbally participate.
Read a story with inflection! Apply a consistent melodic tone and inflection to carrier phrases and repeated questions present throughout the book.
Provide opportunities for the child to take turns verbalizing.
Adapt a book by using additional pictures or objects that correlate to the text.
Call attention to the print; point to the written text as you read.
Provide a relaxed atmosphere for reading and positively reinforce efforts to communicate.

Repetitive Books: An Effective Therapeutic Tool for Children Diagnosed with Apraxia of Speech by Michelle Soloman, M.A., CCC-SLP and Lavinia Pereira, M.A., CCC-SLP

Boynton, S.- Red Hat, Yellow Hat
Brown, M.- Goodnight Moon (Board Book)
Campbell, R.- Dear Zoo: A Lift The Flap Book (Dear Zoo)
Carle, E.- Have You Seen My Cat?
Carle, E. - 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo
Carlstrom, N.W.- Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? (Jesse Bear)
Cartwright, S.- Who's Making That Mess? (Usborne Lift-the-Flap Book)
Christelow, E.- Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed (Board Book)
Eastman, P.D.- Are You My Mother?
Ernst, L.C.- Up to Ten and Down Again
Guarino, D.- Is Your Mama A Llama?
Kalan, R.- Jump, Frog, Jump!
Pereira, L. & Solomon, M. – Oh! A Bubble…
Shaw, C.B.- It Looked Like Spilt Milk
West, C.- “Buzz, Buzz, Buzz” Went Bumblebee
West, C.- I Don't Care! Said the Bear
Williams, S- I Went Walking
Williams, L- The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
Wood, A.- The Napping House