Thanks to everyone who visited us at the BETT show 2010. It was great to see so many people interested in StoryPhones and we were really busy all 4 days despite the snow!!
If you have any further questions regarding StoryPhones please contact Joanne by either joannes@ameeca.co.uk or 01207524847

For any international queries please contact simon@ameeca.co.uk or piero@ameeca.co.uk

The Language Factory has created content sets from their award winning Modern Foreign Language Resources and these are now available to buy in BookShelf, the StoryPhones download store. If you would like an easy way to introduce your children to French or Spanish, then these content sets are an ideal solution.

The Language Factory resources are simple and fun to use. Children pick up rhythm, rap and rhyme very easily and so the repetitive nature of the songs and raps help children learn the correct pronunciation and intonation for that language.

Each content set provides MP3 song tracks and PDF resources to support the audio tracks. Children can learn the French vocabulary for greetings and weather or the Spanish vocabulary for greetings and colours.

The lively songs and raps can be taught in sections and the whole song and vocabulary can be built up over time giving young children a chance to develop their language skills and gain confidence with the vocabulary and pronunciation. Once the children are familiar with the songs and raps, they can sing along to a karaoke version of the song.

To find out more please visit  www.language-factory.co.uk

At the recent Practical Pre-School Awards 2009 StoryPhones have come away with two prestigious and sought after Gold Awards. To read more, you can view the full article here.

Raps

Ros Bayley’s Raps will get your children rapping, tapping wiggling and clapping. Children will develop steady beat skills, coordination, rhythm, rhyme and phonological awareness.

Almost Traditional Tales

Develop your children’s listening skills with Ros Bayley’s Almost Traditional Tales. These lively versions of some old favourites are full of sound effects and catchy raps that will promote:

auditory discrimination
aural attention span
auditory memory
phonological awareness
imaginative engagement

Each story remains almost true to the original but has a variety of catchy raps integrated into the storyline. Once the children have listened to the stories a few times, they will soon be rapping along with them and will be able to access them for themselves during child initiated learning.