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Day 5: Stories and Children 7 Story apps {Review and Giveaway}

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I was given a free download of these apps in exchange for my honest opinion.  This post also contains affiliate links.  Please read my full disclosure for more information.

Stories and Children 7 Story apps {Review and Giveaway} | This Reading Mama

On the first click into Susan’s site Stories and Children, you can clearly see that she knows her stuff when it comes to reading!  I love her reading articles, like 8 Tips for Choosing Children’s Books.  Her gift of literacy has led her on this super cool journey of writing and illustrating story apps.  So far she has written and illustrated seven story apps:

  1. There’s Something in the Bush, Matilda
  2. Scaredy Cat
  3. Lyrebird Park
  4. Grover Bill and the Geckos
  5. Farmer Blake and Sneaky Snake
  6. It’s a BAD Day to Be a FLY!
  7. Hog and Frog
  8. with ONE MORE soon-to-be released called Aunt Lou’s Cockatoo

Stories and Children 7 Story apps {Review and Giveaway} | This Reading Mama

My three oldest kids have greatly enjoyed Susan’s story apps.  And I have too…for many reasons:

  • The stories are so cute and creative. The story lines really caught my kids attention.  Each one of them.
  • Many of her stories rhyme, reinforcing that basic skill that young readers need.  {The story is not controlled by the rhyme, which could potentially make the story less effective or cheesy.  It is sprinkled naturally throughout the text.  This is a BIG deal for me!}
  • Susan has a way with words, integrating many vocabulary words into her text.  I just love her word choices.  Words like hullabaloo, skittered, and shimmy!
  • They have a “Read Aloud” or “I Read” option, which works perfectly for multiple ages. My PreKinders can follow along the story as it reads to them while my oldest {almost 8} can read the words himself
  • She provides background knowledge before each text begins.  For example, with Lyrebird Park, Susan explains what a Lyrebird is and what they can do.  Do you know what a lyrebird is?  I didn’t. 🙂
  • She has printable {yes printable} and fun activities for each book.  If you don’t want to print them, the kids can do them over and over right on the iPad!
  • My absolute favorite part is probably the Guide Notes.  In these notes she shows you, as the teacher, how to integrate the story with different content areas, greatly enhancing comprehension of the text!

Probably your favorite part of all this is that Susan is joining me in my 7 Days of School Day Giveaways to giveaway ALL SEVEN story apps to THREE WINNERS!  You can enter to win these story apps via the Rafflecopter widget below.

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7days-sdga250This giveaway is part of my 7 Days of School Day Giveaways!  Please click the image above or HERE to see all the amazing school supplies you could win this week!

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Comments

  1. Shelly Rogers says

    July 13, 2013 at 7:36 am

    We own 4 mobile devices.:S

    Reply
  2. Abby J says

    July 13, 2013 at 7:51 am

    I have 2 mobile devices. These books look great!

    Reply
  3. Christina says

    July 13, 2013 at 7:53 am

    I am looking for ways to help my niece with her reading. She is 7 and pretty much recognizes her name and the word Acorn only. She can recognize individual letters to some extent. I will be helping her for the next year at least. My philosophy is this: if what was being done before was not working, then try something new. So, I offered to home-school her since my sister has her own disabilities and I am home schooling already :).I am interested in seeing how these story apps etc work and if they would help my niece. i KNOW she can do it, she just needs the right trigger/type that will work best with her educational needs. i hope I can win this so i can help her overcome the challenges she faces as a special needs child.

    Reply
  4. Jessica says

    July 13, 2013 at 8:19 am

    My husband is in IT, so we have way too many mobile devices… One actually sits in our closet unused. I have been able to keep myself from having a smart phone though, much to his dismay! We have 4. 2 belong to my husbands work though!

    Reply
  5. Shanie says

    July 13, 2013 at 8:36 am

    I own two, an iPad and iPhone. 🙂 the iPad is for making school easier to take with us if we feel like it.

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  6. Nancy W says

    July 13, 2013 at 8:37 am

    I have one mobile device that I love to use to download educational apps to use with my grandchildren.

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  7. louise zirk says

    July 13, 2013 at 8:44 am

    I own two mobile devices, an iPad and cell phone (way old school)–it’s not a smartphone by any stretch. I enjoy using my iPad at school and home. Thanks for the giveaway.

    Reply
  8. L Green says

    July 13, 2013 at 9:19 am

    I own one mobile device, a kindle fire.

    Reply
  9. mayra says

    July 13, 2013 at 9:35 am

    I already checked them out. They do look like something my 3 year old would love to have in our iPad 🙂

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  10. Jessica G says

    July 13, 2013 at 9:36 am

    I own 2 mobile devices. One being a Kindle Fire. I will start homeschooling my kindergartener this fall and these apps would be great! Thanks for the giveaway!

    Reply
  11. Brandi says

    July 13, 2013 at 9:46 am

    I have one cell phone, my husband has one, and we have an ipad as well.

    Reply
  12. Amanda Bush says

    July 13, 2013 at 9:47 am

    I have a tablet, an iPod, and my husband has a smart phone. So, 3!

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  13. Chris says

    July 13, 2013 at 9:54 am

    An i pad that my daughters beg to use everyday.
    Stories are great – in a traditional book, digital media or spoken.
    The more stories in the world the better

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  14. Trisha says

    July 13, 2013 at 10:35 am

    We have 3 devices.

    Reply
  15. Caterina says

    July 13, 2013 at 11:28 am

    I have 2 mobile devices. Thanks for this wonderful giveaway!

    Reply
  16. Bri says

    July 13, 2013 at 12:30 pm

    I have 1 mobile the other half has two.

    Reply
  17. Brittney Gonzalez says

    July 13, 2013 at 12:35 pm

    We have 4! Luckily they are never all in use at the same time!

    Reply
  18. heathfamily7 says

    July 13, 2013 at 1:22 pm

    My husband and I both have an iPad and an iPhone. We also have an older iPod. That means all 5 boys have something to play if need arises. 🙂 We try to stick to 35 minutes a day for each boy though.
    Tara H

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  19. etrieberbeth says

    July 13, 2013 at 3:38 pm

    I have2, but would love an ipad mini now!

    Reply
  20. Rebecca S. says

    July 13, 2013 at 9:42 pm

    We have 4 mobile devices

    Reply
  21. Natalie Brose says

    July 13, 2013 at 11:39 pm

    We have 9.

    Reply
  22. Emily Quesenberry says

    July 14, 2013 at 12:46 am

    Between me, my husband, and three of our children we have five tablets of some kind and our phones if those count. Thanks for the chance to win.

    Reply
  23. Mahwesh says

    July 14, 2013 at 2:04 am

    The stories seem interesting, reading has a very special place in our house. If I get them my kids would be really excited and we’d make the best use of it with all my three kids.

    Reply
  24. Tammy says

    July 14, 2013 at 8:49 am

    We have four.

    Reply
  25. Jodi says

    July 14, 2013 at 6:34 pm

    We have two.

    Reply
  26. Pam says

    July 14, 2013 at 9:21 pm

    We have 3 devices

    Reply
  27. Ashley says

    July 15, 2013 at 4:28 am

    We have 4 mobile devices.

    Reply
  28. Tonia says

    July 15, 2013 at 9:34 am

    We have 2 mobile devices.

    Reply
  29. Lori H says

    July 15, 2013 at 6:06 pm

    Guess this one is not for me. We do not own any mobile devices that accept apps.

    Reply
  30. Alicia Winkler says

    July 15, 2013 at 8:54 pm

    Just 1.

    Reply
  31. Leanne says

    July 15, 2013 at 9:43 pm

    I have two!

    Reply
  32. Amanda Burt says

    July 16, 2013 at 7:11 am

    I have two.

    Reply
  33. Tara S. says

    July 16, 2013 at 3:02 pm

    Just one mobile device in this family..but it is much loved.

    Reply
  34. Kate C. says

    July 16, 2013 at 6:40 pm

    Probably too many – an iPad mini, 2 phones, and 2 ipods (and we are a family of 3)!

    Reply
  35. Jennifer E. says

    July 17, 2013 at 3:56 pm

    Two smartphones

    Reply
  36. Maribel Sanders says

    July 17, 2013 at 11:53 pm

    Just one mobile device. My husband bought it for work but my 7 year old thinks its hers. 😉

    Reply
  37. Tara says

    July 18, 2013 at 3:11 pm

    just one really. An ipad. We do have computers aswell

    Reply
  38. LeAnn says

    July 18, 2013 at 8:40 pm

    One iPad, two iPhones, one I touch… All in high demand! 🙂

    Reply
  39. serveleadmom says

    July 18, 2013 at 10:24 pm

    We own four: iPad, iPhones, and an iPod Touch.

    Reply
  40. David and Annette Carpenter says

    July 19, 2013 at 7:05 am

    the books look great, we have 3 kindle, ipad and ipod touch…

    Reply
  41. Kate says

    July 19, 2013 at 2:20 pm

    We have two.

    Reply
  42. Ruby says

    July 19, 2013 at 3:25 pm

    we have 2.

    Reply
  43. Kelly says

    July 19, 2013 at 3:30 pm

    2 laptops, 2 smartphones and 1 Nook Color that I’m getting ready to root for full Android access.

    Reply
  44. Amanda says

    July 19, 2013 at 8:30 pm

    two – an iphone and an ipad

    Reply

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