Book Themes - curriculum planning

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Lately, we have been getting good use from some books. The books we have

used so far are

1. Arthur's Reading Race - computer game, book

2. Dr. Seuss's ABC's - computer game, book, video

3. Goodnight Moon - book and board game

4. Green Eggs and Ham - book and board game

We read the book alot, have him point to the words and have him echo the

reading. We also create text word flash cards and have him match the text

word to selected noun pictures from the board game. He appears to learn

the receptive label faster when he has the text word to memorize at the

same time. (He knows about 70 text words so far) Then we go into tacting

the nouns. I do lots of fill-in practice with him by reciting parts of the

book throughout the day (in car, outside). Like " Green Eggs and Ham by

____ " he says Dr. Seuss. Except now when he needs his shoes tied he says

" Dr. Seuss " (instead of tie shoes) which goes to show you the auditory

confusion problem he has. I like Arthurs Reading Race the best because it

has real he/she said like conversation going on. It has some simple

phrases like " me too " , " let's eat " , " me too " , " do too " , " it's a deal " ,

" let's go " .

The one that is going great now is Dr. Seuss's ABC's - I am saying " what

begins with B " and he is saying " barber, baby, bubbles and a bumblebee "

the whole thing. That's one heck of a fill-in.

The computer games really help because he can control how many times he

repeats things (ie. probably a little stimming going on)

Some other ones we plan to use that have a computer game and book are:

1. Arthurs Birthday

2. Just Me and My Mom

3. Just Me and My Dad

4. Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree

So my question is, do you think fill-ins and intraverbals centered around

books promotes useful language or is it satisfing a stim?

Thanks for your input