Help your students build health and body vocabulary with this simple, AAC-friendly ABC Book: Health, Body, and Illness. Each letter includes a high-interest word paired with a clear 2-sentence description, making it ideal for early readers, special education, speech therapy, and adapted curriculum classrooms.
This resource intentionally targets body-part vocabulary and common health concepts, including: body, neck, arm, elbow, back, leg, knee, feet, and tummy, plus helpful health words such as germs, illness, medicine, doctor, wash hands, vaccine, and X-ray. Use it for read-alouds, vocabulary instruction, thematic units, and quick communication practice across the school day.
Great for:
- Speech-language therapy (AAC + language development)
- Special education and adapted curriculum
- PreK–2 vocabulary and concept development
- Health/safety units and community helper lessons (doctor, hospital)
- Building functional language for daily routines (wash hands, rest, pain)
What’s included:
- ABC word list focused on Health, Body, and Illness
- 2-sentence student-friendly descriptions for every letter (ready to paste into your book pages)
- Words include: Arm, Back, Cough, Doctor, Elbow, Feet, Germs, Hospital, Illness, Joint, Knee, Leg, Medicine, Neck, Ouch, Pain, Quiet Rest, Rash, Sore Throat, Tummy, Urgent Care, Vaccine, Wash Hands, X-ray, Yawn, Zzz Sleep
Easy ways to use it:
- Print and make a class book or individual student books
- Project for whole-group shared reading
- Pair with AAC modeling (core + fringe), labeling, and WH-question practice
- Send home for family practice and carryover
