“The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything” Speech & Language Activities

I love the picture book “The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything” for speech therapy. The story is about a woman who takes a walk in the woods and encounters the parts of a scarecrow. The book uses sound words (onomatopoeia) and is a fun book for sequencing. It’s also easy to work on speech sounds while reading aloud.

There are many lessons that can be built off of this book. Below are some ideas:

• Practice speech sounds during reading aloud - Model these sounds for your child, and then have the child say the words back

• Make a scarecrow craft - Focus on following 1-2 step directions, describing the scarecrow, and prepositions while crafting

• Learn about scarecrows - Explore why farmers may use scarecrows. This is a great opportunity to build vocabulary, make inferences, and answer comprehension questions.

• Practice sequencing and story retell - Use a graphic organizer and/or picture cards to help your child sequence and retell the story’s events.

• Grammar - There are many opportunities to practice verbs and other grammatical forms while looking at the pictures.
  

Readers: Have you tried any storybook extension activities at home?

About the Author: Melissa Goff, M.S, CCC-SLP, is the owner of Sunflower Speech & Myo Therapy, PLLC, in Charlotte, NC.