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The Very Best Halloween Books for Speech Therapy

With October well underway,  we’re getting spooky in speech by incorporating Halloween activities into our therapy lessons.  As you all know, I use books in most of my speech & language therapy sessions. Books are an excellent way to target speech and language goals for a large range of ages and abilities, while also promoting literacy and a love for reading. Plus, books and Halloween are similar in that they both allow you to use your creativity and imagine you’re someone you aren’t or find yourself some place you aren’t, whether it’s by dressing up or using your imagination. Below, you’ll find my list of The Very Best Halloween Books for Speech Therapy.

1. H is for Haunted House-A Halloween Alphabet Book, by Tanya Lee Stone
2. The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, by Linda Williams
3. There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bat, by Lucille Colandro
4. The Night Before Halloween, by Natasha Wing
5. Room on the Broom, by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
6. Ten Timid Ghosts, by: Jennifer O’Connell
7. From Seed to Pumpkin, by Wendy Pfeffer
8. Tucker’s Spooky Halloween, by Leslie McGuirk
9. The Bones of Fred McFee, by Eve Bunting
10. Turkey Trick or Treat, by Wendi Silvano
11. Spiders, by Gail Gibbons
12. Big Pumpkin,  by Erica Silverman
13. Happy Halloween, Little Critter, by Mercer Mayer
14. What’s In The Witch’s Kitchen, by Nick Sharratt
15. The Biggest Pumpkin Ever, by Steven Kroll

What are your favorite Halloween Books? Did I leave any good ones off my my list of the very best Halloween books for speech therapy? I’d love to add new favorites to my collection!

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  1. Briana.C says

    October 8, 2012 at 3:21 pm

    I love the Halloweiner by Dav Pilkey. Has a lot of opportunities for learning vocabulary, and quite a few laughs.

    • Whitney Smith says

      October 10, 2012 at 10:32 pm

      Thanks for the suggestion! I'll efinitely have to check that one out!

  2. Tai Patrice says

    October 8, 2012 at 5:58 pm

    Big Pumpkin is one of my favorite books to use during Halloween!

    • Whitney Smith says

      October 10, 2012 at 10:33 pm

      Thanks for your comment! I've found that the kids love it too!

  3. Rebecca says

    October 9, 2012 at 1:57 am

    I really like There Was an Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, and my students seem to really like it, too. It works for a lot of age groups, as well.

    Rebecca
    Talking With Rebecca

    • Whitney Smith says

      October 10, 2012 at 10:34 pm

      You're right! I'm using it next week when we talk about the Five Senses (Hearing with the clomp, clomp, etc!) It's great for teaching new descriptive vocabulary words, too!

  4. Carissa Peck says

    October 10, 2012 at 12:36 pm

    I LOVE 5 little pumpkins! When I taught little ones EFL I adapted it to teach about family. Not sure it would be of any use to you but it is always TONS of fuN!
    http://eslcarissa.blogspot.mx/2012/10/5-little-pumpkins-family-version.html

    • Whitney Smith says

      October 10, 2012 at 10:35 pm

      Thanks so much! I LOVE that idea! 🙂

  5. Unknown says

    October 14, 2016 at 1:41 pm

    I Need My Monster, lots of good new vocabulary

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