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Fun Ways Of Using The Paper Bag Princess Book In Speech Therapy

Want to incorporate more literacy activities in speech?  Check out how I use The Paper Bag Princess book to work on a variety of speech goals!

Are you familiar with the book The Paper Bag Princess? I'm sharing fun ways to use it in speech therapy in this blog post, so click through to read it!

Are you familiar with this book?  It is so stinking cute!  It is about a princess that is in love with a prince but a dragon comes and burns her clothes and takes the prince.  The princess works very hard to get the prince back and tricks the dragon.  In the end, the prince is not very nice to the princess and she learns a very important lesson.  (Disclaimer: this post contains Amazon Affiliate link).

Are you familiar with the book The Paper Bag Princess? I'm sharing fun ways to use it in speech therapy in this blog post, so click through to read it!

What goals can you address easily?!

Social skills:

You can easily work on social skills.  You can work on character traits, perspective taking, emotions, and conversational skills.  I like to take speech bubbles that students can write on and give the images a “voice.”

Are you familiar with the book The Paper Bag Princess? I'm sharing fun ways to use it in speech therapy in this blog post, so click through to read it!

You can show how the emotions and conversations change throughout the course of the book.

Are you familiar with the book The Paper Bag Princess? I'm sharing fun ways to use it in speech therapy in this blog post, so click through to read it!

And even conversational turn taking..

Are you familiar with the book The Paper Bag Princess? I'm sharing fun ways to use it in speech therapy in this blog post, so click through to read it!

Sequencing:

You can easily work on recalling and sequencing the significant details from the story.  You can use Post Its to jot down the main events.  You an even use the conversation to drive what to write!

Are you familiar with the book The Paper Bag Princess? I'm sharing fun ways to use it in speech therapy in this blog post, so click through to read it!

You can then easily rearrange the Post Its to have students put them back in the correct order!

Are you familiar with the book The Paper Bag Princess? I'm sharing fun ways to use it in speech therapy in this blog post, so click through to read it!

Have them retell the stories ONLY using the significant details.  This helps them identify what is important to mention and what is irrelevant.

Are you familiar with the book The Paper Bag Princess? I'm sharing fun ways to use it in speech therapy in this blog post, so click through to read it!

You can easily store your Post Its right in the book so you can easily use them again with a different group that day, week, or the next year!

Are you familiar with the book The Paper Bag Princess? I'm sharing fun ways to use it in speech therapy in this blog post, so click through to read it!

Want more ideas to use with this book?  Check out my book companion pack in my TpT store by clicking HERE!

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