Looking for Thanksgiving or Fall Themed Books? Check these out!

Listed below are a few of my favorite Thanksgiving/Fall Themed books (Amazon Affiliate links included for your convenience). I've also created book companions for each of the books listed below, click here to see them in my TpT store. Enjoy!

1. There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves, By: Lucille Colandro (Check out my throw back post here )

2. The Busy Little Squirrel, By: Nancy Tafuri (Check out my throw back post here)

 

3. I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie, By: Alison Jackson (Check out my throw back post here)

 

4. Bear Says Thanks, By: Karma Wilson (Check out my throw back post here)

 

 

5. Turkey Trouble, By: Wendi Silvano (Check out my throw back post here)

 

 

Would love to hear from you all too! Which books do you love pulling out for the Thanksgiving season? 



More from Bear...

Just in time for Thanksgiving! I recently posted my book companion for Bear Says Thanks, by: Karma Wilson. I love the Bear series, and this book is one of my favorites to pull out right before Thanksgiving break. Click here to see the set in my store (amazon affiliate link included for your convenience).  Enjoy!

Bear Says Thanks - Speech and Language Book Companion

 



Yes, I LOVE books!

I LOVE my caseload, and if I haven't said it enough in the past I'll say it AGAIN! I l.o.v.e. my caseload. I get to work with many different students with a huge variety of communication needs. I am responsible for providing services to an elementary K-5 building and 2 self-contained functional academic classrooms. I have a little bit of everything on my plate, and I couldn't be happier. With that being said, I try to create activities I can use with all of my students. If my weekly theme is based on "fall" I like to select one (or two books) to use when targeting my student's goals. All of my activities for that week are then based off of that book. Which is a reason you'll see so many book companions in my store. You can target almost ANY speech or language goal using a good book!

Another thing I LOVE (and I know I've mentioned it before) is fall! I've created a few more fall/autumn themed book companions to use during therapy. Check them out below. (Don't miss the FREEBIE near the end of this post).

The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything - Book Companion

 

 

Turkey Trouble - Book Companion

 

Old Lady Leaf Counting {FREEBIE}

 

 

Happy fall, friends! Enjoy!



Looking for a quick activity?!? Let's have some fun with DOTS!

I created these activities for some of my students who are working on matching and/or sorting, picture identification, and following directions. In my store I currently have the Animal Dots Set  (jungle, farm, forest, sea) and the Autumn Dots Set (Halloween, Harvest, Thanksgiving). There will be more sets coming in the future (e.g., Holiday Dots, Winter Dots, Spring Dots, Summer Dots, etc...). Check them out below and click here to see the sets in my store.

 

 

 

 

Directions: Give your student one of the dots sheets; using either the picture cards (or the name cards); have your student identify the picture, or the word on the card, and then match it to their “dot sheet”. You can have your student cover the pictures with markers, color in the dot, or use a BINGO dauber, etc…

Keep in mind; this is just one way the set can be used. It’s a great set for targeting both receptive and expressive language tasks.

 

As always, enjoy!

Gearing up for fall, football, cooler weather, and The Busy Little Squirrel...

If you've read some of my previous posts, you probably already know - I love fall! And where I'm from (central Kansas), fall is beautiful. Leaves change colors, the weather cools down, and the local high school marching band can be heard practicing in the mornings. Love, love, love it! So, what better time to finish up a new book companion set for fall? The Busy Little Squirrel, by: Nancy Tafuri, is one of my favorite fall books to read with my students. Click on the link below to check out this companion set in my TpT store. (I've included an Amazon Affiliate link for convenience only).

The Busy Little Squirrel - Speech and Language Activities

 Enjoy!



September Link Up! [LINKY]

All Y'all Need has their September Link-Up posted, and this month they're asking SLPs to post info about what they are - schooling, excited for, prepping, and trying! You all know I LOVE these linky parties, so I couldn't wait to join in! My responses are below - enjoy! (Don't forget to click the link about to see what other SLPs are saying).

 

 

Schooling - So happy to be back in my buildings. Love seeing my students, and LOVE a routine (for myself and my own kids!). Changes this school year - it's the first year that I am the ONLY SLP in one of my buildings. So, fingers crossed I can keep up! But, so far so good!

 

Excited - I LOVE all things FALL! Pumpkin spice candles, cooler weather, chili, football (even though I don't watch it much, I LOVE going to the local high school football games). This year, my daughter will cheer for middle school football, so I can't wait!

 

Prepping - Printing, cutting, laminating, and storing all of the new materials I've made and purchased on TpT. Here are a few items that I purchased during the most recent BTS TpT sale.

 

Trying - To be early. As many of you know...I am a NIGHT OWL - and early mornings are not my favorite! However, this year, I'm trying to get up early, be ready early, and get my mornings started early. So far so good. (and a little extra coffee never hurt anyone - right?!?) 

 

Don't forget to scroll back to the top and visit the All Y'all Need page to see what the other SLP bloggers are up to. Happy Linking friends!

I'm gearing up for fall...I know, a bit early...

I just posted another Old Lady Swallowed...Language Packet. This one is companion to

the book - There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves, by Lucille Colandro.  Again, Included in this packet are activities that target sequencing, story retell and comprehension, basic language concepts, following directions, and more. Click on the link to check it out on my TpT site.

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves - Language Packet

My kids love the Old Lady sets and I know yours will too! **Keep an eye out for more Old Lady sets to come...(a book, a bell, and more...)**

Enjoy!