Smiley Bear goes Shopping by Huda Ebrahim

This is a book with a purpose – fun and stimulating for all young children! Guaranteed to add educational value to your bookshelf! It was compiled in the author’s second year of clinical training to assist children aged 2 years and beyond with speech and language difficulties.

Parents can make reading a wonderful learning experience that will stimulate and improve children’s articulation abilities; receptive and expressive vocabularies; as well as auditory perceptual skills. While reading this book, ask your child to recall the shops that Smiley Bear visited and the items that were sold at the various shops.

This will promote your child’s association and categorisation skills as well as auditory sequencing and auditory memory skills. Take time to explain the meanings of any of the words that are “new” to your child. Audibly pronounce these “new” words so that your child may imitate and improve articulation of these words.