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Home Practice Resources: /s/ Sound

/s/ Initial Words

 

Books​​

 

​When a book is included in Shoreline’s collection, it has been noted here. Families are welcome to visit our small library to read the books. The list includes links to the catalogue of the Halifax Public Libraries (when available). If your local library does not have the book you want in its collection, you can request the book through the library through their Interlibrary Loan service. The list includes links to YouTube read aloud videos for the books (when available). These links have been included so you can preview the book and/or to expand access to books that aren’t available in print locally. To use the YouTube videos for language practice, mute the video and read the text aloud yourself. Pause the video as needed to control the rate.​​

WI books
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Sid and Sam

Nola Buck

3-6 years

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: no

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: sing, said, song, Sam, Sid, sang, softer, soon

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Silly Sally

Audrey Wood

preK to grade 1

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: no

YouTube: link

 

Target Words: silly, Sally, sang, singing, sleeping, side

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Simon Sock

Sue Hendra & Paul Linnet

3-6 years

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: no

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: sock, Simon, sadly, silly, saved, Simone

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7 Ate 9

Tara Lazar

4-7 years

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: yes

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: six, seven

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The Snowy Day

Ezra Jack Keats

4-8 years

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: yes

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: see, sank, socks, sad, sun

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Sammy the Seal

Syd Hoff

4-8 years

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: yes

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: seal(s), soon, sad, Sammy, said, sorry, someone, some, sat, sing, song, sounds, somebody, side

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Taffy Time

Jennifer Lloyd

4-8 years

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: yes

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: syrup, safely, sounds, sap, sighs, searches, see, something, suddenly, seems, soon, celebrates, soup, sandwiches

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Pete the Cat & the Missing Cupcakes

Cynthia Rylant

4-8 years 

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: yes

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: said, some, someone, see, six, sea, solved, sorry, second

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WI games

Online Games and Activities​​

 

Your SLP will also give you printed resources for home practice. The games below are for children who enjoy and are engaged by online learning games.​​​

Open the Box

Preschool

​Source: Word Wall

Targets: a variety of words

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Balloon Pop

Preschool

​Source: Word Wall

Targets: a variety of words

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Matching

Preschool, school-age

​Source: Word Wall

Targets: a variety of words

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Spin the Wheel

Preschool, school-age

​Source: Word Wall

Targets: a variety of words

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Whack-a-Mole

Preschool, school-age

​Source: Word Wall

Targets: a variety of words

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Battleship

School-age

​Source: Word Wall

Targets: C, six, seven, sink

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Tic Tac Toe

School-age, preschool

​Source: Free SLP

Targets: a variety of words

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Keep the Ball Up

School-age

​Source: Free SLP

Enter words from practice lists from your SLP.

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Super Salad Diner

Preschool

​Source: Sesame Street Games

Targets: salad

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WI songs

Songs

 

To view a video of the song on YouTube so you can learn the song or use it to sing along, click on the name of the song below.

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/s/ Medial Words

 

Books​​

 

​When a book is included in Shoreline’s collection, it has been noted here. Families are welcome to visit our small library to read the books. The list includes links to the catalogue of the Halifax Public Libraries (when available). If your local library does not have the book you want in its collection, you can request the book through the library through their Interlibrary Loan service. The list includes links to YouTube read aloud videos for the books (when available). These links have been included so you can preview the book and/or to expand access to books that aren’t available in print locally. To use the YouTube videos for language practice, mute the video and read the text aloud yourself. Pause the video as needed to control the rate.​​

WM books

Miss Nelson is Missing

Harry Allard & James Marshall

4-7 years; Grades K-3

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: no

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: misbehaving, Nelson, whispered, faces, lessons, assigned, missing, person, discouraged

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The Monster at the End of This Book 

Jon Stone

2-5 years

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: yes

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: monster, understand, listen, embarrassed, closer

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The Kissing Hand 

Audrey Penn

3-7 years

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: yes

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: kissing hand, Chester, interested, toasty

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Danny and the Dinosaur 

Syd Hoff

4-8 years

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: yes

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: inside, dinosaur, policeman, ice cream, faster, hide-and-seek, gas tank

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Hand The Great Gracie Chase

Cynthia Rylant

4-8 years 

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: no

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: Gracie, outside, herself, chasing, faster, beside

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Pete the Cat & the Missing Cupcakes

Cynthia Rylant

4-8 years 

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: yes

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: missing, disappeared, icing, mistake

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Very Good Hats

Emma Straub

2-5 years 

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: yes

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: fancy, iceberg, posture, majestic, instead, baseball, ice cream

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Oh Say Can You Say Di-no-saur?

Bonnie Worth

5-9 years 

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: yes

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: dinosaur, fossils, ankylosaurus, maiasaura, tryrannosaurus, triceratops, nicely, apatosaurus, brachiosaurus

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WM games

Online Games and Activities​​

 

Your SLP will also give you printed resources for home practice. The games below are for children who enjoy and are engaged by online learning games.​​​

Matching

School-age

​Source: Match the Memory

Targets: a variety of words

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Keep the Ball Up

School-age

​Source: Free SLP

Enter words from practice lists from your SLP.

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Tic Tac Toe

School-age, preschool

​Source: Free SLP

Targets: a variety of words

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Inside Outside

Preschool

​Source: Sesame Street

Targets: inside, outside

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Matching

School-age, preschool

​Source: Word Wall

Targets: a variety of words

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WF

/s/ Final Words

 

Books​​

 

​When a book is included in Shoreline’s collection, it has been noted here. Families are welcome to visit our small library to read the books. The list includes links to the catalogue of the Halifax Public Libraries (when available). If your local library does not have the book you want in its collection, you can request the book through the library through their Interlibrary Loan service. The list includes links to YouTube read aloud videos for the books (when available). These links have been included so you can preview the book and/or to expand access to books that aren’t available in print locally. To use the YouTube videos for language practice, mute the video and read the text aloud yourself. Pause the video as needed to control the rate.​​

WF books

Underpants Wonderpants

Peter Bently

3-7 years

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: yes

Halifax Libraries: no

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: underpants, wonderpants, mouse, house, face, space, us

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The Pout Pout Fish 

Deborah Diesen

3-6 years

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: yes

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: face, place, advice, nice (nice thought), floats, grimace, choice, octopus, kiss, blinks, speaks

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Loose Tooth 

Lola M. Schaefer

4-8 years

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: yes

Halifax Libraries: no

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: loose

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In a People House

Theo LeSeig (a Dr. Seuss book)

2-5 years

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: yes

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: mouse, house, roller skates, people’s, doughnuts, peanuts, books, lamps, lights, hats, hooks, it’s

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The Day the Goose Got Loose

Reeve Lindbergh

4-8 years

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: no

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: goose, loose, house, fence, peace

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Moose! 

Robert Munsch

3-8 years

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: yes

Halifax Libraries: yes

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: tree house, enormous, moose, this, what’s, ridiculous, rabbits, house, works, carrots

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The Gruffalo 

Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler

4-8 years

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: yes

YouTube: yes

Target Words: mouse, hiss, house, fox

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Give Me Half

Stuart J. Murphy

6-10 years

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: no

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: ​sis, nice, juice, cupcakes, mess, less

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This Book is Perfect!

Ron Keres

3-7 years

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: no

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: fingerprints, puffs, mess, juice

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Giraffes Can't Dance 

Giles Andreae

3-6 years

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: French translation

Halifax Libraries: yes

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: ​giraffes, dance

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Dance Like a Flamingo

Moira Butterfield

3-5 years

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: no

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: dance

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Pete the Cat & the Missing Cupcakes

Cynthia Rylant

4-8 years 

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: yes

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: Gus, cupcakes, this, tricks, ABCs, miss, chance, dance

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What Can a Mess Make

Bee Johnson

4-8 years

About: Goodreads

Shoreline's collection: no

Halifax Libraries: yes

YouTube: yes

 

Target Words: mess, juice, mousse, masterpiece, sauce

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WF games

Online Games and Activities​​

 

Your SLP will also give you printed resources for home practice. The games below are for children who enjoy and are engaged by online learning games.​​​

Battleship

School-age

​Source: Word Wall

Targets: miss

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Whack-a-Mole

Preschool, school-age

​Source: Word Wall

Targets: a variety of words

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Tic Tac Toe

School-age, preschool

​Source: Free SLP

Targets: a variety of words

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Keep the Ball Up

School-age

​Source: Free SLP

Enter words from practice lists from your SLP.

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WF songs

Songs

 

To view a video of the song on YouTube so you can learn the song or use it to sing along, click on the name of the song below.

/s/ in All Word Positions (Initial, Medial, and Final)

 

Online Games and Activities​​

 

Your SLP will also give you printed resources for home practice. The games below are for children who enjoy and are engaged by online learning games.​

All Positions
All P games

Spot the Match

preschool, school-age

Free SLP

​variety of target words

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Tic Tac Toe

School-age, preschool

​Source: Free SLP

Targets: a variety of words

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