Are you looking for some fun spring books for speech therapy? Literacy based therapy is a powerful tool to engage students and promote language/literacy skills. If you’re wanting to incorporate books into your spring themed therapy sessions, then check out this list of spring themed books for speech therapy!

Spring Books for Speech Therapy

I am Spring

by Rebecca and James McDonald

• Informational text about spring
• Target WH questions, can do semantic feature analysis (EET) on Spring, teach new vocabulary words using context clues or suffix (-ion for migration and hibernation)
• Get the book on Amazon or read aloud on YouTube

The Dirt Girl

by Jodi Dee

• Actually tells a story so can discuss story grammar elements of characters, setting, problem, action steps
• Can work on story retell or creating similar narratives
• Answering WH questions
• Can use for teaching morals of a story, social skills, etc.
• Get the book on Amazon or use the read aloud on YouTube

When Spring Comes

by Kevin Henks

• Talk about senses (smell/hear/see)
• Great illustrations for descriptive language skills or to target nouns/functions
• Vocabulary building, compare/contrast, cause/effect
• Articulation list for Bs, Ws, and can find others scattered throughout
• Buy the book on Amazon or use the read aloud on YouTube

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More Spring Themed Books for Speech Therapy…

Seeds and Trees

by Brandon Walden

• Tells a story so can do story grammar elements and story retell
• Rhyming!
• Can work on moral: the power of words
• Figurative language
• Fun fairytale characteristics yet higher vocabulary/length
• Buy on Amazon or listen to read aloud

Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt

by Kate Messner

• Beautiful illustrations with lots to describe/talk about
• Compare/contrast with the opposite of up/down
• More words than the others per page, but still relatively engaging
• Get the book on Amazon or watch read aloud video

Spring is Here

by Will Hillenbrand

• Tells a story so can do story grammar elements/retell
• Regular past tense verbs, talk about why bear finally woke up
• Dialogue
• Easy read
• Get on Amazon or read aloud on YouTube

And Then It’s Spring

by Julie Fogliano

• Time passing story
• Lots of things to discuss/utilize in the illustrations
• Find on Amazon or free read aloud

I hope this list of spring themed books for speech therapy was helpful! Comment below or send me a message on social media after you use any of these books in your sessions. I want to know how it went! I love chatting with you!

Looking for more themed therapy ideas? This post will be perfect to save as an idea for summer!

Happy Spring!

-Chloe B | School SLP