Grammar Tales

Jessica Habib studied Speech Pathology at the University of Sydney, graduating in 2012. She has since worked with children in indigenous health, community, private, not-for-profit and education settings in both Australia and the UK. Jessica loves the privilege she has of seeing children thrive as they are guided to build and strengthen their communication skills. Carina Ward is an illustrator based in the Blue Mountains, Australia. She works with watercolour and ink to create beautiful, bright images and likes to add a touch of humour to her work. Carina loves the way pictures tell stories and open up imaginary worlds.

Guidebook: Including accessible activities and ideas to help children use grammar forms expressively, this guidebook discusses the specific grammatical form focused on in each story. Photocopiable and downloadable handouts for parents and carers allow therapy work to continue beyond the therapy session.

Pete and Jem: Pete and Jem are having lots of fun playing in the snow until they run into each other and fall over. This book targets Subject-Verb sentences and present progressive verbs.

A Trip to the Zoo: Pete and Jem are having lots of fun at the zoo, but they both want to see different animals, and are pulling their mother in different directions! This book targets Subject-Verb-Object sentences and regular plurals.

Anything You Can Do: Pete and Jem discover activities that they can do together. This book targets Subject-Verb sentences, pronouns and the auxiliaries ‘can’ and ‘do’.

The Birthday Party: Pete and Jem get ready for Belle’s birthday. This book targets Subject-Verb sentences, pronouns and the auxiliary ‘be’.

Time for Adventure!: Jem learns that adventures are more fun when you share. This book targets Subject-Verb-Object sentences and the pronouns ‘me’, ‘my’, ‘mine’ and ‘it’ .

Let’s Go Shopping: Pete and Jem cause chaos at the supermarket. This book targets Subject-Verb-Object sentences and the conjunction ‘and’ for listing.

Hide and Seek: Pete, Jem and Belle play hide and seek. This book targets Subject-Verb-Object sentences and prepositions.

A Day at the Beach: Pete, Jem and Belle’s day at the beach turns stormy. This book targets Subject-Verb-Object sentences and early adjectives.