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Apple Prepositions Adapted Book | Position Words Colors | SLP SPED Autism

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Apple Prepositions Adapted Book | "Where Is Wormy Hiding?" with Position Words & Color Identification

Teach prepositions, position words, AND colors all at once with this engaging apple-themed adapted book! "Where Is Wormy Hiding?" uses a fun, repetitive rhyming format to give students hands-on practice identifying where Wormy is hiding in relation to colored apples — building receptive and expressive understanding of prepositions while reinforcing color identification.

Perfect for back-to-school AND fall apple units in speech therapy, special education, autism classrooms, AAC users, and emerging communicators!

★ TWO SLP/SPED skills in one resource: prepositions/positional concepts + colors!

★ Perfect for: Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), Special Education Teachers, Autism Classrooms, Self-Contained Classrooms, Resource Rooms, Life Skills Classes, Paraprofessionals, ABA Therapists, Early Childhood, PreK, Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, and 2nd Grade

What's Included:

  • 1 Interactive Adapted Book — "Where Is Wormy Hiding?"
  • Position/Preposition matching cards for every page
  • Colored apple imagery for color reinforcement
  • Repeating predictable rhyming text for language building

Sample Verse from the Book:

"Where is Wormy hiding?

Where can he be?

He's ON TOP OF the green apple,

As we can plainly see!"

Prepositions & Position Words Targeted:

  • on top of
  • under / below
  • between
  • behind
  • next to / beside
  • in front of
  • over / above

Skills Targeted in This Apple Adapted Book:

  • Prepositions (receptive AND expressive understanding)
  • Position words / positional concepts — on top of, under, in, behind, beside, in front of
  • Spatial concepts and spatial reasoning
  • Color identification and reinforcement
  • "Where" questions — answering where Wormy is hiding
  • Following directions with prepositions
  • Predictable repetitive rhyming text — supports emerging readers and AAC users
  • Receptive and expressive language
  • Vocabulary development
  • Listening comprehension
  • Matching skills (interactive pieces)

How to Use This Apple Prepositions Adapted Book:

A teacher, SLP, or paraprofessional reads the adapted book aloud while students follow along, identifying where Wormy is hiding in relation to the colored apple on each page. Students match a position/preposition card to each page as the teacher reads — combining preposition learning with color reinforcement.

Ways to Use:

  • Back-to-school activities (apples are a back-to-school classic!)
  • Fall apple unit lessons (September-October peak!)
  • Small group speech therapy (preposition AND color goals!)
  • 1:1 instruction for targeted preposition practice
  • Whole group apple/fall language lessons
  • Literacy centers and independent workstations
  • AAC modeling (modeling preposition + color use on communication devices!)
  • Following directions practice
  • Color identification lessons
  • Johnny Appleseed lessons
  • Apple thematic units