Valentine’s Day Book Speech & Language Extension Activities

Have you read “Happy Valentine’s Day, Mouse” by Laura Numeroff? The book follows the beloved mouse from “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.”

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

• Talk about Valentine’s Day. What are some ways people celebrate?
  

• Create your own heart craft! Focus on prepositions and descriptive language.
  

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

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

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.