Oscar Goes to the Zoo with WordWinks and Retell, Record & Share for iOS

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*Academics' Choice Smart Book Award Winner *Meets National Common Core for PreK-K*Helps create readers before they can read *Developed by Language...
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*Academics' Choice Smart Book Award Winner *Meets National Common Core for PreK-K*Helps create readers before they can read *Developed by Language...

*Academics' Choice Smart Book Award Winner *Meets National Common Core for PreK-K*Helps create readers before they can read *Developed by Language and Literacy Scholars*FREE Activity Book with purchase"Oscar Goes to the Zoo is a fun story for children to either be read to or to listen to aloud. The app seems to aim for in-text inference and comprehension. This approach helps children understand story elements immediately as opposed to asking comprehension questions after the story is completed. The story line had a nice message (be who you are) and the characters were age appropriate."-- Academics' Choice ReviewerPARENTS, KIDS AND EDUCATORS LOVE You TELL Me Stories!Inspiredparent friendly, child appealinga real winner! -- Dr. Lydia Soifer, Soifer Center for Learning & Child DevelopmentEXCLUSIVE FEATURES* WordWinks technique weaves onscreen questions and comments, written in red italics, into the story to maximize vocabulary, comprehension and listening skills.* Retell, Record & Share : - Find out if your child understands the story through You TELL Me Stories' unique retell feature. -Give your child a special gift: retelling the story is important for developing listening and speaking skills. It offers a chance to learn and utilize new vocabularyput ideas in order so they make senseidentify important detailsand build memory.-Help your child record his or her own version of the story and share it with loved ones, teachers and friendsright from the app!* You TELL Me Stories is a parents guilt-free tool to incorporate technology into reading.* Educate your child even when youre not available with built-in narration and entertaining character voices by a master teacher. * Pages cannot be turned until your child hears the entire narration, which promotes listening and comprehension skills.RAVES!Ive been creating stories for children for nearly 40 years, and highly recommend You TELL Me Stories. -- Arthur Yorinks, Childrens Book Writer, Caldecott Medal winnerThe stories are engaging and appealing. Every home, classroom and library serving preschool and primary grade children should have access to You TELL Me Stories. -- Judith C. Hochman Ed.D., Windward Teacher Training InstituteABOUT THE STORYWhen Oscar the adorable dachshund puppy wakes up one morning and cant find any of his friends, his journey takes him to the Central Zoo. At the Zoo, Oscar imagines what it might be like to be something other than plain old Oscar the dachshund. In the end, Oscar discovers hed rather not be an elephant with a long trunk, a giraffe with a tall neck, or a seal with short flippers and decides theres nobody hed rather be than himself.ABOUT YOU TELL ME STORIESYou TELL Me Stories are bright, colorful and entertaining ebooks created by educators and language experts for you and your child to enjoy together again and again ... but behind them is cutting edge science designed to show you HOW to read to your child in a way that stimulates conversation and builds listening, thinking and language skills, along with the knowledge and confidence that will serve as the strong foundation for the reading, writing and thinking abilities theyll develop in school and throughout their lives.