Picture Books List: Books for Teaching and Practicing S-Blends
Here is a list of a few of Hailey’s favorite books for practicing s-blends. Each book comes complete with speech sound word lists for s-blends. Don’t see one you love listed here? Let us know and we’ll add it! Don’t forget to check out our book of the month resources while you’re here! If you are looking for more information, check out Hailey’s How to Teach S-Blends YouTube video.
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As with all our picture book lists, we try to make these sound book lists include only books we have actually read, enjoyed and admire for their writing or illustrations or both.
Enjoy!
Stuck by Oliver Jeffers
This is a silly book about a little boy who gets his kite stuck in a tree. He tries throwing a variety of increasingly absurd things up into the tree in an attempt to retrieve it, and it is a hoot to read with kids.
Here are a few of the s-blends: stuck (a lot of repetitions), swinging, small, street, stopped, first, best, unstuck, rest, sworn.
Sticks by Diane Alber
This is a book about a stick who doesn’t know what to do after his popsicle melts away. This is a silly book where his friends help him to find a new spot.
S-Blends: stick (repetitions), stained, sticky, sweet, understand, special, swirled, lost, splatter, scared, still, space, start.
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Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill
A cute little classic, where you can lift flaps and help Sally find Spot!
This book is great for the repetitions of “spot” on every page, both in words and for sentence level practice. You can also use stairs and basket.
Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Another cute classic! This book is perfect for practicing s-blends in the winter.
Here are the s-blends: snowy, snow, snowsuit, breakfast, street, slowly, sticking, stick, smacking, smiling, snowman, slid, still, snowball, slept.
Snowmen At Night by Caralyn Buehner
Here is another winter-themed s-blends book for you!
S-blends: snowmen (many repetitions), slipped, start, slide, street, skating, snowballs, sky, baseball, sledding, sleepy, slowly.
Sneezey The Snowman
One more for the winter! We promise we’ll switch seasons after this. :)
S-blends from the book: Sneezy, snowman, smile, snowflake, swirled, sneezed, sneezing, stocking, smiled, scarf, scoops, store.
The Monster At The End Of This Book by Jon Stone and Michael Smollin
A silly book with Grover from Sesame Street! Who is the monster at the end of the book?
There are many repetitions of the following words: monsters and monster, scared, stop and strong
I Like Stars by Margaret Wise Brown
This is a great book for practicing s-blends, with its repetitions and many descriptions of stars and their beauty.
Focus on the repetitions of stars for practice at the word and sentence levels with s-blends.
Splat the Cat by
Splat the cat is worried about his first day of school, and he is nervous! Read along as he goes through his first day, and find the s-blends along the way.
Here are the s-blends: Splat, first, instead, dressed, lamppost, screamed, stop, stuck, whispered, swung.
While Everyone is Sleeping
Another very short and repetitive book for practicing /k/!
The s-blends: sleeping (many repetitions and great for sentence practice), slither, slide, still, almost, casting, twisting, whispy, spin, sweet.
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