Books to Target Conjunctions in Speech Language Therapy

A conjunction is a word that connects parts of a sentence together.

There are several kinds of conjunctions:

• Coordinating conjunctions

• Subordinating conjunctions

• Correlative conjunctions

• Conjunctive adverbs

Conjunctions affect several different types of speech goals. Here are some examples:

🌟 Utterance expansion. Conjunctions make sentences longer and more complex, making them a key component of working on utterance expansion goals. 

🌟 Responding to wh- questions (e.g. Why did the house break? The house broke because....)

🌟 Formulating compound sentences

🌟 Formulating complex sentences

🌟 Retelling stories, narrative generation

🌟 Summarizing

Here are some of my favorite seasonally themed books to target the use of conjunctions for creating compound and complex sentences!

spring

• Bear Wants More - but, yet

• Stuck - so, because

• The Great Garden Escape - and

• Too Many Carrots - but, yet

• Muncha Muncha Muncha - but, yet

• Tops and Bottoms - or, while

• Let's Go Froggy - before, after

• There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Frog - before, after, because

• Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit: Book Burglar - and, but

• It's Not Easy Being a Bunny - because, or, nor

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar - but, and
  

summer

• Froggy Lemonade Stand - before, after

• Mrs. McNosh Hangs Her Wash - and

• And then Comes Summer - and, when

• Duddle Puck The Puddle Duck - but, yet

• Duck and Goose Go to the Beach - and

• Bear Can't Wait - but

• A Campfire Tail - but

• The Camping Trip - and, after

• Day at the Beach - but, until

• There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell - because, before, after

• Are Pirates Polite - when, but

fall

• The Biggest Pumpkin Ever - and

• The Golden Acorn - but, so

• We're Going on a Leaf Hunt - so

• There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves - because, so, after

• When the Leaf Blew In - when

• Bear Feels Scared - and, but

winter

• Froggy Builds a Snowman - and

• The Biggest Snowman Ever - and

• A Loud Winter's Nap - after, so

• There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow - because, so, after

• Sneezy the Snowman - but, because

• Bear Snores On - but

You can read more about conjunctions in this blog post and check out nine fun ideas for working on creating compound/complex sentences using conjunctions in this blog post.

Hope this has been helpful! 😊