Evidenced based companion packs that you can use with virtually ANY thematic book, activity, or game. This HUGE growing resource will give you access to TONS of therapy tools to use with any resource, book, game, or activity related to that theme. This resource includes evidence based practices for vocabulary instruction for young learners (preschool-Kindergarten), presented with research based practices that are broken down for you, so that you can start using these strategies in your therapy room tomorrow! Bonus: each theme includes thematic articulation cards to make mixed group therapy a breeze!
Included in this HUGE download:
-Research based practices for vocabulary instruction using read aloud and pretend play
-Editable planners created from research based practices for easy implementation
-Editable core boards using Fitzgerald key color coding
-8 individual themes to use from August-November
-Pretend play props and picture scenes for each accompanying theme
-Accompanying book and activities lists/suggestions for every theme with links to activities and crafts
-Black & White Verb and Vocab Mats to be used with play-doh, daubers, coloring, stacking mini erasers, etc.
-One page book companions for 2 to 4 books per theme
-Color sheets with sentence strips for expressive and receptive language
-Visual sentence strips of varying abilities
-Various describing visuals to increase describing skills and expressive language, including sizes, color/shape, spatial concepts, categories, wh questions, and parts of speech
-Thematic articulation strips (picture + word) for every theme for the following phonemes: /p, b, m, n, s, t, d, f, v, k, g/ and /s/ blends, and syllabic shapes including CVC words, 2-syllable words, 3-syllable words, and 4-syllable words
-Editable articulation strips to personalize any words/sounds you need for your caseload
-BONUS storage labels and BONUS large visual cue cards
Themes Included in the bundle:
-Back to School
-Farm
-Pirates
-Sports
-Fall (Apples, Pumpkins, General Fall)
-Halloween
-Thanksgiving
-Community Helpers/Occupations