Camping Adapted Song Book | Circle Time Vocabulary Woodland | SLP SPED Autism

Sing, match, and learn with "We're Camping in the Woods" — an interactive circle time adapted song book sung to the familiar tune of "The Farmer in the Dell!" As students sing, they match a picture to each page, building camping vocabulary along the way. The song moves through a whole camping trip — pitch the tent, take a hike, catch some fish, build a fire, roast marshmallows, and go to sleep — so students also practice sequencing and actions in the books with the matching cards. A favorite for circle time, camping and woodland units, speech therapy, and special education.

🎵 The Power of Music & Songs for Language

Songs are one of the most powerful tools for building language — and this book puts that to work! Familiar, repetitive melodies make new vocabulary easier to remember, while the predictable "sing it again" structure builds anticipation, participation, and confidence. Music naturally boosts engagement, attention, and memory, and the steady rhythm gives emerging and nonverbal communicators a supported, low-pressure way to join in. For many students, a word they can sing becomes a word they can say.

🎶 Sample Text:

"We're camping in the woods, we're camping in the woods,

With our gear, away we go, we're camping in the woods.

We'll pitch our tent today… poles go up and stakes go down…

We'll roast marshmallows now… warm and sweet a tasty treat…"

📚 How to Use

• Sing the book together at circle time to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell"
• Students match a picture to each page as they sing along
• Build camping and woodland vocabulary and action words (pitch, hike, cast, build, roast, sleep)
• Talk about the steps of a camping trip in order for sequencing practice
• Print, laminate, and add hook-and-loop dots for years of reuse

🎯 Skills Targeted

• Camping and woodland vocabulary
• Action words / verbs
• Sequencing (the steps of a camping trip)
• Receptive and expressive language
• Picture matching
• Participation, turn-taking, and following along
• Circle time and group skills

💛 Perfect For

• Speech-language therapy (SLP)
• Special education (SPED) and autism classrooms
• Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
• Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE)
• Circle time and morning meeting
• Camping, woodland, forest, and summer units
• End-of-year themes · homeschool

🌟 Why Teachers Love This Book

• Sung to a familiar tune kids already know and love
• Students match a picture to each page — hands-on and engaging
• Builds vocabulary and language through music
• Doubles as sequencing and action-word practice
• Perfect for camping, woodland, and end-of-year themes
• Reusable year after year once laminated

🏕️ Part of my Circle Time Adapted Song Books — grab the bundle and save!

• Adapted Song Books for Circle Time Bundle
• More Adapted Books
• More Camping Activities