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Hello! My name is Kalliopi Mamounas, and I am a Speech Language Pathologist and owner of my private practice- The Little Sound Box.
When I came across Wondertivity’s Preschooler Felt Busy Books, I fell in love! These books are filled with so many opportunities to boost a child’s speech and language skills, as well as fine motor skills! I began to use these books in my Speech Therapy sessions and my clients were instantly engaged. These fun, interactive and stimulating busy books are an amazing way to promote a child’s speech and language development.
The Magic of Christmas busy book felt book is an ideal example of thematic learning. Thematic learning is when a specific theme is used to teach various main concepts. In this case, this book targets Christmas vocabulary and concepts through different Christmas events (e.g., decorating a tree, building a snowman, hanging stockings by the fireplace, etc.). This book allows a child to take what they learned and apply it to their real-life experiences- what better way to learn!
Each page allows to your child to work on following directions, expanding utterances using appropriate grammar, speech sound production, social skills, play skills, and more! These books are #TheLittleSoundBoxApproved!
Santa: Page 1
· Receptive Language:
o Following directions
§ Point/Show me/Touch- Santa’s body parts
· E.g., Point to Santa’s nose.
§ Point/Show me/Touch-Santa’s clothing items
· E.g., Point to Santa’s hat.
§ Have your child point to his/her own body parts and clothing items
· E.g., Point to your nose.
· Expressive Language:
o Label body parts
o Label clothing items
o Object-function questions-(Naming the object’s function)
§ E.g., What do we do with a hat?
· Wear
o Categorization skills
§ Name three-five body parts
§ Name three-five clothing items/things we wear
o Possessive adjectives/pronouns
§ His hat
§ Her hat
§ My hat
§ Your hat
§ Their hat
o Possessive ‘s
§ Santa’s hat
§ Child name + hat (e.g., Adam’s hat)
o Plural -s
§ Hands, shoes
o Verb tense
§ Present progressive: Santa is wearing a jacket.
§ Regular third-person singular, present tense: Santa wears a jacket.
§ Irregular past tense: Santa wore a jacket.
§ Future tense: Santa will wear a jacket.
o Opposites
§ On/Off
· E.g., Take off Santa’s hand/Put on Santa’s hand
· Social-pragmatic skills
o Discuss Christmas using a variety of WH-questions
§ Who comes on Christmas?
§ What does Santa bring us?
§ Where does Santa live?
§ When does Santa arrive?
§ How does Santa come to your house?
Snowman: Page 2
· Receptive Language
o Following directions
§ Point/Show me/Touch- snowman’s body parts
· E.g., Point to the snowman’s eyes
§ Point/Show me/Touch- snowman’s clothing items
· E.g., Point to the snowman’s gloves
§ Have your child point to his/her own body parts and clothing items
· Expressive Language
o Label body parts
o Label clothing items
o Object-function questions
§ E.g., What do we do with gloves?
· Wear
o Where questions
§ Where do you wear gloves?
· On your hands
o Sequencing Terms (First, Next, Last): How to Build a Snowman
§ First, we roll the snow into three snowballs.
§ Next, we stack the snowballs.
§ Last, we put on his eyes, nose, hat, buttons, and scarf
o Categorization skills
§ Name three-five body parts
§ Name three-five clothing items/things we wear
o Possessive adjectives/pronouns
§ His hat
§ Her hat
§ My hat
§ Your hat
§ Their hat
o Possessive ‘s
§ Snowman’s nose
§ Child name + hat (e.g., Adam’s nose)
o Plural -s
§ Gloves, hats
o Verb tense
§ Present progressive: The snowman is wearing a hat.
§ Regular third-person singular, present tense: The snowman wears a hat.
§ Irregular past tense: The snowman wore a hat.
§ Future tense: The snowman will wear a hat.
Christmas Tree: Page 3
Receptive Language
· Following directions
o Concepts: Biggest to smallest
§ E.g., Put together the Christmas tree from biggest to smallest.
o Prepositions using the reindeers:
§ Have your child hide the reindeers around the room
· E.g., Put the reindeer under the table.
§ Have your child hide the reindeers on Christmas tree page
· E.g., Put the reindeer behind the Christmas tree.
Expressive Language
· Hide the reindeer around the room and ask- “Where is the reindeer?”
o Incorporate prepositions
§ In/Inside
§ On
§ Off
§ On top
§ Under/Below
§ Behind
§ In front
§ Next to/Besides
· Sequencing Terms (First, Next, Then, Last): How to Decorate a Christmas Tree
o First, you buy/cut down tree
o Next, you put on the lights.
o Then, you put on the ornaments.
o Last, you put on the star.
Page 4: Santa’s Laundry
Receptive Language
· Following directions using the preposition “in”
o Put Santa’s hat/shirt/pants IN the washing machine.
Expressive Language
· Ask a variety of WH-questions
o Who washes the clothes?
o What are we washing?
o Where do we wash our clothes?
o When do we wash our clothes?
o Why do we was our clothes?
o How do we wash our clothes?
· Sequencing Terms (First, Next, Then, Last): How to Clean Clothes
o First, you put the clothes in the washing machine.
o Next, you put soap.
o Last, you hang them to dry (or put them in the dryer).
· Opposites:
o Clean/Dirty clothes
o Open/Close door
Page 5: Penguin
Receptive Language
· Following directions
o Point/Show me/Touch- penguin’s body parts
§ E.g., Point to the penguin’s belly
o Have your child point to his/her own body parts
o “Feed the penguin.” OR “Feed the penguin one, two, three, four, five cookies.”
o “Put in cookie.” OR “Put in one, two, three, four, five cookies.”
Expressive Language
· Label body parts
· Where questions- incorporating prepositions and possessive pronouns
o Where are the cookies?
§ In his belly
· Main verbs to target:
o Eat the cookie.
o Feed the penguin.
· Possessive adjectives/pronouns
o His hat
o Her hat
o My hat
o Your hat
o Their hat
· Possessive ‘s
o Penguin’s eyes
o Child name + object (e.g., Adam’s eyes)
· Plural-s
o Cookies
· Verb tense
o Present progressive: The penguin is eating the cookie.
o Regular third-person singular, present tense: The penguin eats the cookie.
o Irregular past tense: The penguin ate the cookie.
o Future tense: The penguin will eat the cookie.
· Opposites:
o Full/Empty belly
Speech Sound/Articulation
· Each time your child feeds the penguin, have them practice a letter/sound along with some words.
§ Name the letter, make the letter’s sound, and name a word
· C, K-K-K, Cat
Social-pragmatic skills
· Discuss penguins using a variety of WH-questions
o Where does a penguin live?
o What does he eat?
o What type of weather does a penguin like? Warm weather or cold weather?
Page 6: Reindeer
Receptive Language
· Following directions
o Point/Show me/Touch the reindeer’s body parts
§ E.g., Point to the reindeer’s antlers
o Have your child point to his/her own body parts
Expressive Language
· Opposites:
o On/Off bows
o Open/Close mouth
Social-pragmatic skills
· Discuss reindeers using a variety of WH-questions
o What color is a reindeer?
o How many legs does a reindeer have?
o What does a reindeer eat?
o What does a reindeer do? How does he help Santa on Christmas?
o Who is Santa’s most famous reindeer?
Page 7: Gingerbread House
Receptive Language
· Following directions
o Place all the decorations around the Gingerbread House using prepositions
§ E.g., On top of the house/Next to the circle window
· Expressive Language
o Label shapes
o After decorating the Gingerbread house, ask- “Where is the circle/triangle, etc.?”
§ Incorporate prepositions
· In/Inside
· On
· Off
· On top
· Under/Below
· Behind
· In front
o Sequencing Terms (First, Next, Then, Last): How to Make a Gingerbread House
o Opposites
§ Open/Close door
Page 8: Fireplace
· Expressive Language
o Adjectives
§ Color
· E.g., Red stocking
§ Size
· E.g., Big present
§ Quantity
· E.g., Three stockings
· Social-pragmatic skills
o Discuss fireplace scene using a variety of WH-questions
§ What do we hang on the fireplace?
§ What goes in our stockings?
§ Who comes down the fireplace?
§ Who brings us presents?
§ What toys would you like Santa to bring you?
