https://thespeechmeadow.com/2016/08/speech-therapy-with-books-by-nicholas-oldland.html Where good communication comes to grow Tue, 03 Sep 2024 12:10:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://thespeechmeadow.com/2016/08/speech-therapy-with-books-by-nicholas-oldland.html#comment-1256 Fri, 20 Jan 2023 22:14:07 +0000 https://thespeechmeadow.com/2016/08/bring-childrens-lit-into-therapy-roo.html#comment-1256 […] Big Bear Hug looks at conservation and is a great book for an Earth Day theme. The story is about a big bear in the forest who loves to give hugs, especially to trees, but what happens when the bear meets a logger looking to chop down some of the old trees? This book is great to work on a variety of social language skills (perspective taking and emotions), problem-solving, and predicting.  Big Bear Hug usually creates discussions about what the children would do if they were in the bear’s shoes.  It also lends itself to talking about what we make with wood. To learn how else to use Nicholas Oldland’s books in speech therapy, click here. […]

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