Speech & Motion Book Club: Clap Your Hands
Welcome to the Speech & Motion Book Club! Every month we will feature fun, exciting, and creative books to spark your children’s imagination and offer some fresh suggestions for your reading routines.
Book of the Month: Clap Your Hands by Lorinda Bryan Cauley
This book is an excellent tool to help little one get their sillies out while learning to follow simple directions. Lorinda Bryan Cauley’s picture book invites children to roar like a lion, growl like a bear, give kisses, stomp, pat their head and so much more. Little ones will jump at the chance to join this menagerie of zany animals. It is easy to see why kids quickly fall in love with this classic, but there are so many reason we as parents and speech and occupational therapists love it too.
- Motor imitation – as your kids stomp, wiggle, roar, and spin their way though the book
- Verbal imitation – kids will love to repeat the commands and build vocabulary, not only nouns but verbs as well.
- How to follow simple one and two step directions and answer simple questions
- Listening and comprehending
- And then putting it all together by completing movement, sounds, and activities.
So clap your hands for this fabulous kids book that will quickly become a family favorite! Order your very own copy or borrow it from your local library.
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