Biscuit’s Valentine’s Day

Title: Biscuit’s Valentine’s Day

Author: Book:  Alyssa Satin Capucilli , eBook: Zuuka, Inc

Description: It’s Valentine’s Day and Biscuit and his friend spread the love…

Goals/ objectives:

• “w” and “f” sounds
• animal sounds
• early sequencing
• turn-taking in conversation
• OT goal:  figure-ground perception
• OT goal: craft project to go along
• “wondering” vs “knowing”

Why I like this story: It’s Biscuit!  Need I say more

Ideas for use:

• for minimally-verbal children, encourage them to attempt a “doggie sound” when Biscuit “woofs”
• lots of opportunities for “w” and “f” production and simple sound-sequencing (e.g., “doggie”, “meow”, “knock knock”)
• for more sound play, have Biscuit deliver valentines to a farm full of animals.
• OT:  prior to reading the story, have kids make one of the adorable valentine crafts found on our Pinterest Board,
• then act out the story pretending to deliver the Valentine using simple play house and people.
• talk about conversational turn-taking.  With a girl figurine and a dog, act out the turn-taking.  The little girl speaks, then the dog barks and so on.
• Use a visual to denote whose turn it is so kids get the rhythm (e.g. pass a bean bag back and forth)
• OT:  the eBook has bones hidden on every page, encourage kids to find them and touch them.  There will be a tally at the end.  Great for keeping kids focused without being distracting.
• Enjoy this adorable story, and then discover more Biscuit books…

Submitted by Karen S Head M.S. CCC-SLP

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