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Rhythmic and predictable language found in repetitive books help to capture children\u2019s attention, along with being useful in a variety of other ways!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1.<\/strong> Increased engagement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Repetition of words\/phrases throughout the story creates familiarity and predictability.<\/strong> This repetition creates more opportunities for engagement because it allows your students to participate in fill-ins or \u201cread\u201d along with the story with you. When they know what the story \u201csays\u201d and can do this, they feel confident about their skills, which contributes to positive experiences around reading! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Why are positive experiences around reading important?<\/strong> The National Reading Panel found the best readers read the most and the worst readers read the least.<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>Not surprising, right? That being said, the studies they pulled from are correlational in nature, and correlation doesn\u2019t imply causation. So, while <\/strong>it could be that the more that children read, the more their reading skills improve, it could also be true that better readers just choose to read more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But\u2026 without developing intrinsic motivation to learn (in this case, learning to read), the potential for skill carryover drops significantly. Choosing fun books that facilitate engagement and participation can inspire children to want to read more, naturally creating more opportunity for carryover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Decreased \u201ccognitive load\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Repetitive books are predictable, and predictability decreases the \u201ccognitive load,\u201d<\/strong> or, how much effort is needed to process and comprehend what\u2019s being said. When there\u2019s fewer cognitive demands, children can focus more on other aspects of language, such as answering questions about the story, making comments about the story, or relating it to a personal experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Blocked Practice for Motor Planning Speech Disorders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Children with motor planning speech disorders like apraxia of speech are at risk for reading delays, so incorporating literacy into therapy allows us to also target pre-reading skills like phonemic awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When treating apraxia of speech, both blocked and random practice have been proven beneficial for treatment gains. If you\u2019re not familiar: blocked practice involves repeated practice of the same motor skill, while, as you can probably infer, random practice involves practicing different skills in different, unpredictable orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Repetitive books with a target word are great opportunities to incorporate repeated, blocked trial practice with a target word or words. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Early Inferencing\/Predicting Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Since repetitive books are predictable, children are able to anticipate what\u2019s coming next. This helps develop early prediction and inferencing skills<\/strong>, which contributes to building a strong foundation of basic reading skills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Other Speech Sound Practice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I mentioned above that children with apraxia are at risk for reading delays, but it\u2019s also true that children with other speech sound disorders are at risk, as well<\/strong>\u2014 meaning it\u2019s important to incorporate literacy into therapy with these kids, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Repetitive books that have words with a target sound for phonological processes you\u2019re working on (think \/s\/-blend heavy books or books with lots of \/k, g\/ words for fronting) are great opportunities to incorporate repeated speech sound trials into literacy-based therapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What are some of your favorite repetitive books? As I write more posts about individual repetitive books, I’ll link them below! We all know reading books is an evidence-based practice to facilitate various aspects of language development, but what about using repetitive books, specifically, in speech and language therapy? Rhythmic and predictable language found in repetitive books help to capture children\u2019s attention, along with being useful in a variety of other ways! 1. 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