5 Wordless Picture Books for SLPs to Use in Evaluations

Have you ever tried using wordless picture books in evaluations with students? For School-Age Evaluations, I have 5 “ready to go” wordless picture books (WLPB) that I love using in speech and language evaluations. Using a WLPB means you can assess many skills quickly such as:

• narrative

• language

• grammar

• MLU

• conversational speech

I use one of these WLPB with all school-age evaluations that I complete. Use your cell phone to record a student’s verbal explanation of the storyline by reading the pictures. I record the audio to review later as needed or even play back for parents. This can also be a nice thing to do before each IEP meeting to compare where the student was and how far they’ve come. Here are my 5 favorite wordless picture books for SLPs to use in evaluations:

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1. Nope

This story is funny enough to grab the attention of younger elementary students. It’s about a mama bird and her fearful baby who is too scared to fly out of the tree. There are lots of simple vocabulary words to draw out such as bird, tree and nest. In addition, this WLPB is great for checking on prediction and inferencing skills.

2. Pancakes for Breakfast

This adorable story elicits some great conversation about perspective-taking. The character puts in a LOT of work to make pancakes and then can’t make them due to other circumstances like missing ingredients and mischievous pets. This story can also be good for discussing feelings, vocabulary and describing a scene. It also has a real plot which is important for students.

3. Mr. Wuffles

Mr. Wuffles is a little more complex of a story. Children will try to understand the perspective of being inside a cat’s toy. This story will let you dive a little deeper on understanding language. This book is perfect to use when evaluating upper elementary students. 

4. Good Dog, Carl

Carl the dog is just simply the best. You cannot have too many copies of this one! Carl the dog babysits and plenty of silly things happen that will help get your students talking. 

5. I Got It!

Due to the fact that many students love sports, I always make sure to have some themed books about different sports in my classroom. I love this WLPB because it shows the long seconds between a baseball leaving the bat to someone catching it and all the possibilities that can happen in between.

Looking for more ideas for Wordless Picture Books?

If you need more ideas to use with wordless picture books, check out these Wordless Picture Book Companions. I also have an ULTIMATE LIST OF WORDLESS PICTURE BOOKS that may be helpful.

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I want to know…do you use wordless picture books in your speech and language room? What are your favorites? (I would love to add to my collection!)