One of the easiest ways for parents to practice their child’s articulation skills  at home is to read sound loaded storybooks.  As you read to your child, emphasize your child’s targeted sound when it is brought up in the story.  If your child is a reader encourage them to seek out words in the book with their targeted speech sound.  This also gives the opportunity to work on other speech and language skills like listening comprehension and vocabulary.  As you read the story ask questions related to the book and have your child identify the objects in pictures. Below is a list of my favorite sound-loaded books to use when working on articulation skills.

“B” Books

1. Five Little Monkey Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow

2. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.

3. I like Bugs by Margaret Wise Brown

4. The Wheels on The Bus by Paul O. Zelinsky

5. Not a Box by Anoinette Portis

6. The Bear in The Book by Katie Banks

“CH” Books

1. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.

2. Ah-Choo! By Margery Cuyler

3. Chugga Chugga Choo Choo by Kevin Lewis

4. Chicky Chicky Chook Chook by Cathy MacLennan

5. Chicken Big by Keith Graves

6. Ah-Choo! By Margery Cuyler

“D”  Books

1. Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andrea

2. Five Little Monkey Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow

3. The Little Dump Truck by Margery Cuyler

4. The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds

5. The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins

6. Just Me and My Dad by Mercer Meyer

“F”  Books

1. Flip and Flop by Dawn Apperley

2. Too Many Frogs by Sandy Asher

3. The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss

4. Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni

5. The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

6. Bedtime For Frances by Russell Hoban

“G”  Books

1. Good Night Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann

2. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

3. Go away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberly

4. Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Gladone

5. Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker

6. A Frog in a Bog by Karma Wilson

“H”  Books

1. Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss

2. Polar Bear Polar Bear, What do You Hear? by Eric Carle

3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

4. The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone

5. Hug by Jez Alaborough

6. The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton

“J”  Books

1. Hop Jump by Ellen Stoll Walsh

2. Jack and the Beanstalk by Carol Ottolenghi

3. Hop Jump by Ellen Stoll Walsh

4. Ginger by Charlotte Voake

5. Just a Little Bit by Ann Tompert

6. Yo! Yes? by Chris Raschka

"K” Books

1. From Heads to Toe by Eric Carle

2. My Car by Byron Barto

3. Click, Clack, Moo by Doreen Cronin

4. Corduroy by Don Freeman

5. Bark, George by Jules Feiffer

6. The Carrot Seed By Ruth Krauss

“L” Books

1. Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney

2. The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle

3. The Little Dump Truck by Margery Cuyler

4. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch

5. Little Cloud by Eric Carle

6. Llama Llama, Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney

"M” Books

1. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

2. If You give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff

3. Five Little Monkey Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow

4. This Is a Moose by Richard T. Morris

5. Kiss the Cow! by Phyllis Root

6. The Mitten by Jan Brett

“N”  Books

1. The Best Nest by P.D. Eastman

2. I Will Take A Nap! by Mo Willems

3. The Napping House by Audrey Wood

4. Chicken Butt’s Back! by Henry Cole

5. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

6. No, David! by David Shannon

'“P” Books

1. Papa Papa by Jean Marzollo

2. Ten Apples Up on Top! by Theo LeSieg

3. The Three Little Pigs by Paul Galdone

4. Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allen Ahlberg

5. Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss

6. Pete’s A Pizza by William Steig

“S” Books

1. Silly Sally by Audrey Wood

2. The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

3. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? By Eric Carle

4. Ten Seeds by Ruth Brown

5. Seaweed Soup by Stuart J. Murphy

6. Kiss The Cow by Phyllis Root

“SH” Books

1. The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

2. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr Seuss

3. Sheep on a Ship by Nancy Shaw

4. Whose Shoe? by Eve Bunting

5. Sheep on a Jeep by Nancy Shaw

6. If the Shoe Fits by Alison Jackson
   

“T”  Books

1. Ten Apples Up on Top! by Theo LeSieg

2. Five Teddy Bears by Anne Adeney

3. It’s a Tiger by David LaRochelle

4. Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill

5. Have You Seen My Cat? By Eric Carle

6. Harry’s Hats by Ann Tompert

Voiced “TH” Books

1. The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christain Andersen

2. The Twins Little Sister by Hyewon Yum

3. Adventures of a Nose by Viviane Schwarz

4. This Little Chick by John Lawrence

5. This & That by Mem Fox

6. Feathers for Lunch by Lois Ehlert

Voiceless “TH” Books

1. The Tooth Book by Dr. Seuss

2. The Three Little Pigs by Paul Galdone

3. Oh The Things You Can Think! by Dr. Seuss

4. Tooth Fairy’s Night by Candice Ransom

5. Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb by Al Perkins

6. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

“W”  Books

1. The Wheels on the Bus by Paul O. Zelinsky

2. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

3. Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats

4. I Went Walking by Sue William

5. Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes

6. Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill

“Z” Books

1. Zoom! Zoom! Sound of Things That Go in The City by Robert Burleigh

2. Too Many Frogs by Sandy Asher

3. Frogs in Clogs by Shella Sampton

4. Zoomer by Ned Young

5. Zomo the Rabbit by Gerlad McDermott

6. Zinna and The Dot by Lisa Campbell Ernst

I hope that you and your child enjoy these sound loaded articulation books! Additionally, feel free to contact In Home Speech Solutions if you have questions or concerns or if there’s anything we can help with.

Jennifer Price M.S., CCC-SLP Lead Speech-Language Pathologist & Owner