Runaway Pumpkin

The book called "The Runaway Pumpkin" by Kevin Lewis has fun language to say and to listen to. An excerpt from the story says " 'round and 'round across the ground makin' a thumpin' bumpin' sound" For kids who struggle with language skills this is a fun story to practice speaking. The words tend to roll out of your mouth and yet are challenging. The book has many sounds that work on articulation skills such as "thumpin" the "th" sound is a challenging sound to produce and many times comes out sounding like an "f" This book also includes many rhyming words. You can say the first word of the rhyme and see if the child could come up with a word that rhymes or identify the rhyming word when they hear it read. Clapping the words that rhyme help with identification and even syllable count.