Once again we will be exhibiting StoryPhones at the Scottish Learning Festival in Glasgow and at the TES exhibition in London.

At these events we will be giving people the first chance to see our brand new product “Little Listener”. To celebrate this we will be running a prize draw for anyone that visits our stands to win a brand new Little Listener MP3 player.

The Scottish Learning Festival takes place at the SECC in Glasgow on Wednesday 22nd September and Thursday 23rd September. You can visit us on stand EY3.

TES London takes place at Olympia in London on Friday 1st October and Saturday 2nd October. You can visit us on Stand E9.

In 2001, the Council of Europe designated 26^th September as the European Day of Languages.  Celebrations of European Languages are held throughout Europe on this day every year.

 What will you be doing with your StoryPhones?

• Listening to songs and music in different languages
• Listening to simple stories in different languages
• Record children saying simple phrases and words, for example, hello and good bye, numbers, colours or family names
• If any of your children speak a European language, ask them to teach the other children simple songs and phrases in their particular language
• Create an interest table and download phrases or songs onto the Headsets or Remote Console.  Place the players within the display.

Available from BookShelf, the StoryPhones download store

The Language Factory

French resources for weather and greetings

Spanish resources for colours and greetings

Collins Education

Songs, rhymes and jokes from

Collins French Club and Collins Spanish Club

Books@Press

The Baby Birds, a story from the Koran available in Welsh and English

Useful websites

http://www.ecml.at/

The Council of Europe website contains lots of information about the European Day of Languages, including events, activities and free downloads.

http://www.cilt.org.uk/

The cilt website offers information and downloadable resources to help you celebrate the European Day of Languages

www.key2language.neatherd.org

Download a free power point to teach children how to say hello in lots of different languages.

www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/audio

Free MP3 downloads of songs in French, German and Italian with accompanying lyric sheets.

Click here to download instructions on how to save MP3 tracks from websites

Click here to find out how to import MP3 tracks into the StoryPhones software

The StoryPhones team are once again travelling the length and breadth of the country showcasing the marvellous benefits of StoryPhones. Below is a list of all the events and venues that we are due to be attending. If you want any more information regarding any of the events please get in touch. We are confirming new events all the time and will be posting new details as they happen.

September

22/23.09.10 – The Scottish Learning Festival 2010, Stand EY3, SECC, Glasgow

October

01/02.10.10 – TES London, Srtand E9, Olympia, London

08.10.10 – Walsall ICT Conference

November

19.11.10 – Durham Primary Heads Conference

January

12.01.11 – 15.01.11 – BETT 2011, Stand V35, Olympia, London

February

17.02.11 – Hertfordshire ICT Conference

March

17.03.11-19.03.11 – The Education Show 2011, Stand F66, Birmingham NEC

More Stories from Giraffe World

Ingrid has written more new stories and songs about the Neckmann family and Giraffe World.  Ingrid’s stories and songs are an ideal starting point for older children to discuss their emotions, relationships, and world issues such as the environment.  Voyage under the sea with Captain Gurgle, join the Neckmann family as they start up a new business or find out how Necky Becky and Nexi sort out an argument.

New Titles, includes audio story, songs, pictures and lyrics

An Ocean Adventure with Giraffe World Tours

Nexi’s Neckwarmers

Singing With the Stiffnex

Interactive Stories from Shoo Fly

You can now purchase the interactive books to accompany Shoo Fly’s unique audio stories and poems. Titles are available from their award winning I-Fly Stories. Shoo Fly’s award winning stories entrall children with inventive and humorous tales and songs.  The narrative poems for age ranges 5-9, include engaging interactive animated book with narration and supporting resources to inspire children to become authors and create their own books. Price includes postage and packing.

New Titles include:

Jack and the Beans Talk

Little Red Hiding Hood

The Gingery Boy

The Three Little Cowboy Builders I-Fly book and Story Creator Software

Planet Rhyme Time

One Small Step