![]() This book follows a bunch of animals as they get dressed. “Blue Hat Green Hat” Core words to target: not, it, that, wrong, there Students can “open” the cages and make the animals “walk” right along with the book! While reading this book, I like to use my Critter Clinic and animal figures. He then goes to “sleep” while his wife goes back to the zoo and puts all the animals back “in” their cages. The animals all follow and “walk” home with the zookeeper. The mischievous monkey walks right behind him and “opens” all of the cages and lets the animals “out”. The zookeeper goes around the zoo at the end of the day locking all of the animals’ cages and saying “goodnight” this is a perfect opportunity to say “bye”. This story is almost wordless – but not completely. “Goodnight Gorilla” Core words to target: open, in, out, bye, good, sleep, up, walk That makes the child “happy” and “yes”, she “wants” to keep it! At the end of the story, the zoo sends a dog. The narrator says “no” to keeping most of the animals. The book labels many adjectives as to why the zoo animals wouldn’t make good pets, and you could also model that they are too “big”. They send her a new animal on each page, each in a different box to “open”. In this story a child writes to the zoo requesting a pet. “Dear Zoo” Core words to target: open, yes, no, big, little, happy, want Then Spot needs to “eat” his dinner (as well as at the beginning). The majority of the book targets “no”, that he wasn’t located there. Spot’s Mommy “looks” for him on each page and the reader gets to “open” or pull “up” some sort of household item/furniture to find him. You can target the same location concepts using core vocabulary. It’s great for where questions/location concepts. Most of you are probably familiar with this book. “Where’s Spot?” Core words to target: look, open, yes, no, eat, under, behind, in, up Whenever I read any book, I target the words: “open”, as in “open the book” “turn”, as in “turn the page” “read” and “finished”. They’re the perfect blend of child-directed and clinician-directed because of the “lift the flap” aspect. Here are some common books that I’ve found are wonderful for targeting core vocabulary. Why should my minimally verbal students be any different? It’s age-appropriate, motivating, language-rich, and enjoyable. ![]() In typical language therapy with my preschoolers, I love using books. It allows them to expand utterances in a way that other AAC methods simply fall short. ![]() Core vocabulary has proven to be a very useful tool in my therapy room for my low/non-verbal students. ![]()
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