Fern's First Ferret Valley Fair
A Digital /f/ and /v/ Articulation Speech Therapy Storybook Featuring Contextual Facilitation | Pretzel Learning, LLC
Join Fern the Ferret for a fantastic day of fun in this hand-illustrated digital speech therapy storybook designed to support articulation, language development, problem solving, and meaningful communication!
It's Fern's first visit to the Ferret Valley Fair! With fifteen tickets to spend, she has one important goal: save five tickets for the Ferris wheel.
But the fair is full of exciting games, rides, and activities. When Fern's friends invite her to join another ride, she faces a difficult decision.
Should she save her remaining tickets or spend them having fun with her friends?
Through Fern's experience, students explore planning, decision-making, managing disappointment, and learning from choices.
What's Included With Your Purchase?
This Digital Speech Storybook includes three downloadable files:
Storybook (PDF): A digital copy of the fully illustrated storybook for viewing on compatible computers, iPads, tablets, and other supported mobile devices.
Storybook (PowerPoint): A presentation-friendly version for individual sessions, small-group therapy, and classroom instruction.
Articulation Data Tracker (PDF): A separate therapist resource featuring the narrative text with color-coded speech sound targets for articulation monitoring and data collection.
These formats make it convenient to display pages, revisit target words, and adapt reading activities to different therapy environments.
This purchase includes the PDF and PowerPoint storybooks plus the PDF Articulation Data Tracker. Printed copies and additional Digital Speech Materials are sold separately.
A Contextual Facilitation Approach to /f/ and /v/ Articulation
Developed specifically for speech-language therapy, the 28-page narrative emphasizes /f/ and /v/, two labiodental fricatives that differ in voicing.
A distinguishing feature of this storybook is that both voiced /ð/ and voiceless /θ/ TH sounds were deliberately excluded from the entire narrative.
Some students substitute TH sounds for /f/ or /v/. By excluding these potentially competing dental fricatives, the story provides a more controlled phonetic environment for students who may benefit from reduced sound competition.
This intentional application of contextual facilitation allows clinicians to emphasize /f/ and /v/ production before introducing potentially challenging phonemic contrasts through separate activities, when appropriate.
Primary Articulation Targets:
/f/ – Fern, fair, family, fun, five
/v/ – Valley, very, save, evening
Additional Articulation Targets:
Vocalic /r/ – Fern, first, Ferris
/l/ – look, lights, Valley
/s/ – save, seven, tickets
/z/ – was, rides
The included Articulation Data Tracker identifies the following target occurrences:
The tracker uses color-coded shapes alongside the narrative text, allowing clinicians to mark productions, record substitutions, and monitor student progress.
Speech and Language Goals Supported
Primary Articulation: /f/ and /v/ in connected speech
Contextual Facilitation: Deliberate exclusion of /θ/ and /ð/
Additional Articulation: Vocalic /r/, /l/, /s/, and /z/
Phonological Awareness: Voicing contrasts, sound identification, and auditory discrimination
Expressive and Receptive Language: Vocabulary development, comprehension, and descriptions
Narrative Skills: Sequencing, retelling, WH questions, and story comprehension
Executive Functioning: Planning, goal setting, decision-making, and resource management
Early Mathematics: Counting tickets, simple subtraction, and comparing quantities
Higher-Level Language: Predictions, cause-and-effect reasoning, and problem solving
Emotional Development: Managing disappointment, flexible thinking, and learning from consequences
Social Communication: Friendship, perspective-taking, and supportive family interactions
Extend the Story With Coordinated Digital Speech Materials
Fern's First Ferret Valley Fair connects with Pretzel Learning's separately available Digital Speech Materials, which may include articulation word lists, word-phrase-sentence activities, WH questions, phonological exercises, and other story-based language resources.
These companion materials reinforce familiar characters, vocabulary, and communication goals across multiple therapy sessions.
Digital Speech Materials are sold separately and are not included with this purchase.
Whether viewed on an iPad, computer, or classroom display, Fern's First Ferret Valley Fair provides a flexible resource for individual and mixed-goal speech therapy sessions.
Bring storytelling and speech therapy together with Pretzel Learning, where every story is built with communication in mind.
Fern's First Ferret Valley Fair
A Digital /f/ and /v/ Articulation Speech Therapy Storybook Featuring Contextual Facilitation | Pretzel Learning, LLC
Join Fern the Ferret for a fantastic day of fun in this hand-illustrated digital speech therapy storybook designed to support articulation, language development, problem solving, and meaningful communication!
It's Fern's first visit to the Ferret Valley Fair! With fifteen tickets to spend, she has one important goal: save five tickets for the Ferris wheel.
But the fair is full of exciting games, rides, and activities. When Fern's friends invite her to join another ride, she faces a difficult decision.
Should she save her remaining tickets or spend them having fun with her friends?
Through Fern's experience, students explore planning, decision-making, managing disappointment, and learning from choices.
What's Included With Your Purchase?
This Digital Speech Storybook includes three downloadable files:
Storybook (PDF): A digital copy of the fully illustrated storybook for viewing on compatible computers, iPads, tablets, and other supported mobile devices.
Storybook (PowerPoint): A presentation-friendly version for individual sessions, small-group therapy, and classroom instruction.
Articulation Data Tracker (PDF): A separate therapist resource featuring the narrative text with color-coded speech sound targets for articulation monitoring and data collection.
These formats make it convenient to display pages, revisit target words, and adapt reading activities to different therapy environments.
This purchase includes the PDF and PowerPoint storybooks plus the PDF Articulation Data Tracker. Printed copies and additional Digital Speech Materials are sold separately.
A Contextual Facilitation Approach to /f/ and /v/ Articulation
Developed specifically for speech-language therapy, the 28-page narrative emphasizes /f/ and /v/, two labiodental fricatives that differ in voicing.
A distinguishing feature of this storybook is that both voiced /ð/ and voiceless /θ/ TH sounds were deliberately excluded from the entire narrative.
Some students substitute TH sounds for /f/ or /v/. By excluding these potentially competing dental fricatives, the story provides a more controlled phonetic environment for students who may benefit from reduced sound competition.
This intentional application of contextual facilitation allows clinicians to emphasize /f/ and /v/ production before introducing potentially challenging phonemic contrasts through separate activities, when appropriate.
Primary Articulation Targets:
/f/ – Fern, fair, family, fun, five
/v/ – Valley, very, save, evening
Additional Articulation Targets:
Vocalic /r/ – Fern, first, Ferris
/l/ – look, lights, Valley
/s/ – save, seven, tickets
/z/ – was, rides
The included Articulation Data Tracker identifies the following target occurrences:
The tracker uses color-coded shapes alongside the narrative text, allowing clinicians to mark productions, record substitutions, and monitor student progress.
Speech and Language Goals Supported
Primary Articulation: /f/ and /v/ in connected speech
Contextual Facilitation: Deliberate exclusion of /θ/ and /ð/
Additional Articulation: Vocalic /r/, /l/, /s/, and /z/
Phonological Awareness: Voicing contrasts, sound identification, and auditory discrimination
Expressive and Receptive Language: Vocabulary development, comprehension, and descriptions
Narrative Skills: Sequencing, retelling, WH questions, and story comprehension
Executive Functioning: Planning, goal setting, decision-making, and resource management
Early Mathematics: Counting tickets, simple subtraction, and comparing quantities
Higher-Level Language: Predictions, cause-and-effect reasoning, and problem solving
Emotional Development: Managing disappointment, flexible thinking, and learning from consequences
Social Communication: Friendship, perspective-taking, and supportive family interactions
Extend the Story With Coordinated Digital Speech Materials
Fern's First Ferret Valley Fair connects with Pretzel Learning's separately available Digital Speech Materials, which may include articulation word lists, word-phrase-sentence activities, WH questions, phonological exercises, and other story-based language resources.
These companion materials reinforce familiar characters, vocabulary, and communication goals across multiple therapy sessions.
Digital Speech Materials are sold separately and are not included with this purchase.
Whether viewed on an iPad, computer, or classroom display, Fern's First Ferret Valley Fair provides a flexible resource for individual and mixed-goal speech therapy sessions.
Bring storytelling and speech therapy together with Pretzel Learning, where every story is built with communication in mind.
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