Pumpkin Adapted Book | Core Words Verbs Inferencing Wh Questions | SLP SPED AAC
Product Description
This Pumpkin Adapted Book, "What Can We Do With Pumpkins?," turns a fun, rhyming riddle game into targeted practice for the core words "WHAT" and "DO," pumpkin-themed action words (verbs), inferencing, and basic comprehension. Students answer the riddle on each page by selecting the correct verb/action piece — building inferencing AND core word AAC skills with every page turn.
🎃 Perfect for:
- Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) targeting core words (AAC), verbs/action words, Wh- Questions ("What"), and inferencing goals
- AAC users and teams (core words WHAT and DO)
- Special Education teachers building pumpkin, fall, and Halloween units
- Autism classrooms working on core words, verbs, and inferencing
- Occupational Therapists working on fine motor skills (Velcro manipulation)
- ABA therapists running discrete trial verb and Wh- Question programs
- Early Childhood, Pre-K, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade teachers
- ELL/ESL teachers building fall and verb vocabulary
- Homeschool families with young learners
🍂 What's Included:
- 1 Adapted Interactive Book — What Can We Do With Pumpkins?
- Riddle format with interactive answer pieces for every page
- Velcro-friendly pieces for repeated use
🎯 Skills Targeted:
Core words "WHAT" and "DO" (AAC), Wh- Questions, verbs and action words, inferencing using context clues, pumpkin and fall vocabulary, listening comprehension, riddle solving, expressive and receptive language, repetitive/predictable text, following directions, and fine motor skills.
Sample Text:
"Use your muscles, strong and tight!
Hold it up with all your might.
What can we do with pumpkins?
We lift them! It's true.
With pumpkins, there's a lot we do!
Pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin pie,
we taste them all and give a sigh!
What can we do with pumpkins?
We eat them! It's true.
With pumpkins, there's a lot we do!"
How to Use:
In a small group, the teacher or therapist reads each rhyming riddle while students use the clues to identify the correct pumpkin action and select the matching answer piece. Model the core words "WHAT" and "DO" throughout (perfect for AAC users). The repetitive, predictable structure supports emergent readers and students with autism. Use as a fall/Halloween read-aloud, literacy center, or independent workstation.
🍁 Ways to Use:
- Pumpkin, fall, and Halloween thematic units
- Speech therapy core word, verb, and Wh- Question sessions
- AAC core word instruction and modeling (WHAT, DO)
- Verb / action word IEP goal data collection
- Inferencing IEP goal data collection
- Independent work systems (TEACCH)
- ABA discrete trial verb and Wh- Question training
- Whole-class fall read-aloud
- ESL/ELL fall verb vocabulary lessons
- Take-home and tele-therapy practice
If your students enjoy adapted books, there are many more in collection. You can find the complete collection below:
Complete Adapted Books Collection
For more hands-on apples, pumpkins or fall or Halloween themed activities, please see the links below.
