Looking for engaging narrative activities for speech therapy? This book companion resource is designed for busy SLPs who want no-prep, ready-to-use materials that make targeting sequencing, summarizing, story grammar, and story retell simple and fun.
With 24 different children’s book activities, you’ll have flexible options to pair with your favorite read-alouds in therapy. Students stay engaged with cut-and-paste worksheets and make-and-take activities they can proudly bring home to share with families. Perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary speech and language therapy sessions, this resource will help you build stronger narrative skills while cutting down on planning time.
Activities Included For Each Book:
1. Sequencing
- Half-page take home activity
- Sequence and retell the story using transition words first, next, then, finally, last
2. Summarizing
- Half-page take home activity
- Summarize the story using somebody, wanted, but, so, then framework
3. Story Grammar
- Full-page take home activity
- Identify story grammar: main character, setting, initiating event, feelings, plan, action, solution, ending
- Includes a prompt at the bottom of the worksheet to encourage families to ask the student about the activity they completed
4. Story Retell
- Full-page take home activity
- Retell the beginning, middle, and end of the story using story grammar
- Includes a prompt at the bottom of the worksheet to encourage families to ask the student about the activity they completed
24 Books Included:
- How the Crayons Saved the School
- Turkey Goes to School
- Apple Trouble
- The Golden Acorn
- Monster Trouble
- Turkey Trick or Treat
- Turkey Trouble
- Little Taco Truck
- Turkey Claus
- Sneezy the Snowman
- Polar Bear Island
- A Loud Winter’s Nap
- Bagel in Love
- Turkey’s Valentine Surprise
- Mary Had a Little Plan
- The Gingerbread Man and the Leprechaun Loose at School
- Too Many Carrots
- Muncha Muncha Muncha
- The Dinosaur Who Discovered Hamburgers
- Jabari Tries
- Turkey’s Sandtastic Beach Day
- Cooler Than Lemonade
- Pirate’s Perfect Pet
- Octopants and the Missing Pirate Underpants
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Narrative Activities Bundle 1
Pair these narrative activities with 24 popular children’s books and read-alouds to bring stories to life in your speech therapy sessions! These no-prep, print-and-go worksheets make it easy to target:
📚 Sequencing the story
📝 Summarizing with “Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then”
✨ Story grammar (character, setting, problem, solution, ending)
🎯 Story retell using visuals and prompts
✂️ Cut-and-paste + make-and-take activities students can share at home