Easy-To-Say First Words: A Focus on Final Consonants

What a wonderful book! This is a fun read for children and the illustrations really bring this book to life. The natural rhythm of these words and the engaging tempo create an exciting atmosphere for learning. Cara gives helpful suggestions and tips in the beginning in order to most effectively utilize this book and to help encourage learning and play with your child. My wife and I highly recommend this book!

Absolutely love everything about this book! The guide at the beginning has clear directions for how to read it in a purposeful way for kids struggling with final sound articulation, and the insanely adorable pictures and simple sentences make it a fun and enjoyable read for kids without speech needs as well. As an elementary school principal, I was excited to find such a great resource to share with our speech therapist, teachers, and parents. I wish the author would make a boxed set!

As an SLP and lover of books I was very excited to see this. The book covers 3 final consonant sounds (/p/, /t/, and /k/). 2 of these sounds (/p/ and /t/) are 2 of the 3 sounds I start out targeting when working on final consonant deletion skills. The /k/ is a middle developing sound and typically if I am targeting this sound the kid is slightly older and in need of more engaging activities to work on it. However, I can appreciate the sound being added as I can use it to see if the younger child is stimuluable for it. If not it's still a cute and fun book that they can enjoy as I bombard them with the final sounds. Each sound has 5 targets, giving your kiddos 15 words to practice. I just received my book today and immediately wanted to give my thoughts as a clinician. I will have to provide an update as to how well received it is by my clients.

Love this book! I wish it was a board book as my preschool students are rough on books, but great product!

I admit it. I'm a cover snob. And to be honest, this cover was really off putting to me, especially for a children's book. In fact, it was only after I googled the title and saw an image of one of the pay layouts INSIDE that I decided to give it a go, because inside, the artwork was SO much more colorful, fun, and aesthetically pleasing! Content-wise, I already see it as an invaluable tool. Although I really, really, really wish it came in different binding. Ideally, board book style! But barring that, something that makes it easy for the page to lay open in your lap without you holding the book open. This particular format just didn't really feel like it was designed to be a children's book. That said, I would give the content 10 stars! And that makes up for the stars I otherwise would have deducted for less than ideal binding and cover design. I would, however, re-buy the book if it came out with a better binding and cover design... because I'm still a snob. I know, I know. Don't judge a book by it's cover. But many people do. Including me. I'm glad I looked past that this time. Content wise, not only are they using easy to say first words, the repetition of the words and the repetition of the sentence structure style really encourages speech. "Up, up, up. The hot air balloon goes up." So one page is always the easy to say word spoken 3 times. Then the other side of the layout is always a sentence ending in that easy to say word. This allows for you to encourage the child to finish the sentence for you. So not only is it a great tool for encouraging speech, it's also great for building pre-reading skills :)

As a grandmother with an elementary teaching background I found this book to be quite endearing. Not only is it a book to help with final consonant sounds, but it is also an excellent picture book and beginning reader. With a 3 1/2 year old grandson who loves books, I am anxious to share it with him so that he can practice his reading just like his 6 year old sister. The wonderful, whimsical pictures make turning each page a delight and the repetition of the words makes it easy for young children to "read along".

This is a FIVE star book indeed!! . Great illustrations and an excellent resource for parents and schools/clinics. It certainly does capture a child's attention and so beneficial for early speech development. As a SLP. this book is clearly instrumental (and fun) when targeting those "final" consonants with young children. Love it!!

I just received my book and was very pleased. I found that the guide was clear and easy to follow. The illustrations were colorful and were helpful to understand the words. "Easy To Read" reminds us all to emphasize the final consonants when talking with children. What a fun book for children to learn from and actually enjoy!

Easy to learn first words. Simple and fun book with lot of pictures to keep the little one's attention !! My toddler loves it!

This book is great! Uses simple words your toddler can learn, with great images. Lots of repetition. Highly recommend!