Do you have a child who has trouble with reading or spelling? You may think that Speech therapy won't be of much help for your child. That is far from the actual truth. Many people believe that speech therapists are only thee to help children or adults who have trouble with articulation or who may stutter or have a lisp. While speech therapists do help with those types of issues, they also help kids who struggle with other kinds of problems such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, or auditory processing disorder.
Therapists often use language intervention activities to help build skills in a variety of ways. One way is through the use of pictures and picture books. Usborne Books & More has many books which speech therapists use in their practices to help build a child's speech and reading skills.
"Lift-the-Flap Colors" Published by Usborne and written by Felicity Brooks, with over 60 flaps to lift, this delightful book about colors helps children learn about colors in a fun way. There are naming, matching, and counting activities, and plenty of pre-readers to talk about too.
"That's Not My Cow" That's not my cow… its ears are too soft. This addition to the best-selling, multi-award winning, "Touchy-Feely" series published by Usborne and written by Fiona Watt, is sure to delight infants and toddlers. You will find these brightly illustrated with books with touchy-feely textures to explore and a simple repetitive storyline. There is 50 books in the "
That's Not My" series you can also add to your child's books for speech therapy.
"Big Book of English Words" is no longer available. 😿
"1000 Things That Go" This thrilling book published by Usborne and written/illustrated by Gabriele Antonini probably contains every type of vehicle you have ever seen - and plenty that you probably have not seen before! Discover everything from Roman chariots to racing cars. There really is one thousand things that go to discover.
"Muddle and Match: Jungle Animals" This book by Kane Miller will have readers making up their own funny stories and creating awesome animals as they flip through the split pages and muddle things up! Be sure to check out other
Muddle and Match books in this series.
"Just Imagine" This book is published by Kane Miller and written by Pippa Goodhart. Just imagine what it would be like to be as small as a mouse, or to travel into the future. This creative and engaging book allows a child to tell their own story, combining new elements each time.
"Zoo Picture Puzzle Book" This book published by Usborne and written by Kirsteen Robson is packed full of vibrant colored zoo animals that fill each page. Each array of animals is full of things to find, similarities to spot, differences to detect, and lots of other delightful details to talk about. While scouring the pages, young children will also be developing their powers of observation along with their number and language skills.
"Lift-the-Flap Word Book" With lots of flaps to lift, this charming book by Usborne, written by Felicity Brooks, lets young children have fun matching words to pictures. It's the ideal way to give beginner readers practice in word recognition and also provides plenty for pre-readers to find, name and talk about.
"Lift-the-Flap Shapes" There are a number of essential skills which children need to master before they begin school in order to have the best possible start. Being able to differentiate between and name different shapes is one of the skills needed. This bright lift-the-flap book published by Usborne and written by Felicity Brooks, provides plenty of practice.
Speech Therapist use so many of the Usborne & Kane Miller books in their offices. Here are a few more Therapist recommended books from Usborne Books & More.
"Take Ted Instead" is a simple ode to nighttime procrastination, filled with rhyme and repetition. The text’s predictability is both comforting and engaging and the art has its own narrative, with lots of details to spot and follow.
"I'm a Dirty Dinosaur" Children will delight in this dirty dinosaur’s playful antics and just may want to join in with the sniffing, snuffing, shaking, tapping, stamping, splashing and sliding, not to mention the mud! This book is full of rhyming and rhythm making it a perfect choice for speech therapy.
"Story Path" encourages children to speak an engage in conversations. This book has few words, but allows young readers to choose their own characters, settings and plots at every turn. Readers follow the path with their finger, choosing which way to go. Along the chosen path they get to make choices about whom they meet, what they do, where they go next; it’s all up to them. There are prompts to help add detail – to help imaginations take off.
"Who's Next" is another book full of predictable or repetitive text. This delightful and engaging book asks toddlers to guess which animal will appear next based on a tiny glimpse or hint of tail in the right-hand corner of each double-page spread. Once they’ve turned the page to see if they’ve guessed correctly, it’s then up to the child to discover who has left the page.
Observational skills, basic deduction and reasoning, as well as concepts such as colors and familiarity with adjectives and adverbs, are all reinforced in "Who’s Next?" A game, an opportunity for discussion and learning, laughter and hours of fun are all inside.
"Usborne Phonics Readers" boxed set is a wonderful library consisting of 20 phonics titles! Each title is beautifully illustrated, and include a funny story with phonic repetition to help children learn to read. The simple rhyming text helps children develop essential language and early reading skills, and there are guidance notes for parents at the back of the book. This set includes: Bug in a Rug, Goat in a Boat, Llamas in Pajamas, Raccoon on the Moon, Cow Takes a Bow, Snail Brings the Mail, Bee Makes Tea, Underpants for Ants, Crock Gets a Shock, Crow in the Snow, Fox on a Box, Ted in a Red Bed, Ted's Shed, Hen's Pens, Fat Cat on a Mat, Goose on the Loose, Frog on a Log, Toad Makes a Road, Mouse Moves House, and Big Pig on a Dig
The Usborne Phonics Readers are available as the boxed set, many are available individually as linked above, or you can purchase the Usborne Phonics Complete Library Collection.
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Alfie and Bet's ABC"
With beautifully colored characters, pop-ups on every page, a repeating panel with both upper and lowercase letters throughout and tons of alliterative enthusiasm, Maddie Frost’s book, Alfie and Bet's ABC, is a pop-up alphabet adventure readers won’t soon forget! (And they’ll learn their letters, too!)
Usborne Books & More has over 2000 titles and so many of them are great for helping your child develop strong speech skills. Feel free to contact me or check out my links below for more titles!
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