Targeting /s/ blends through Literacy activities

Like most of my slp peeps, I am a planner!  I have theme-based lessons and materials that I have treasured over the years, so prepping for my private sessions is fairly easy.  Every once in a while though, I decide to gather some new materials to target common articulation, phonological, and/or language delays.

Just recently, I polled my colleagues on Facebook and searched my Pinterest boards to create a list of books for preschoolers that target /s/ blends.  Much to my surprise, I had several of the books that I needed on hand.  I only needed to order three of the seven books to complete my /s/ blend library. Here is the criteria that I used for my collection:

• Short readings with no more than 2-3 sentences per page/picture
• Repetition of early /s/ blend targets (i.e., stop, small)
• Appropriate for children aged 4-6 years old
• One book for each /s/ blend target
• No more than two /s/ blend targets per book to meet cycles approach 
• Seasonally appropriate books (I am a theme girl)

Now that I have my books on hand, I can use each in my session with my clients working on improving both listening and expression of /s/ blends.  Since the books are mine to keep, I wrote the /s/ blend target in permanent marker on the cover and I used a highlighter to mark the /s/ blend words in the books.  You can likely find any of these books at your local bookstore, library sales, or Amazon (see affiliate links below).  Maybe you have some already in your materials collection!!  I will close this post with a photo gallery of my Fall and Winter books.  Next Spring, I hope to compile my warmer weather collection.