PRODUCER/WEBSITE KEY BRIEF REVIEW You Tell Me Stories www.youtellmestories.org You Tell Me Stories www.youtellmestories.org
Free This not-for-profit organization, founded and developed by Lynn Rubin, Educational Consultant with extensive experience in Special Education, is committed to giving parents and caregivers the tools needed to learn to effectively read to their children during the first five years of life. The organization is accomplishing this by developing an extensive multi-lingual li- brary of interactive digital picture and print books that parents can use for reading aloud. They are also providing resources to help parents/caretakers learn reading aloud techniques for the development of pre-literacy skills. You Tell You Me Stories features WordWinks which are red, italicized words embedded right into the text to provide parents and teachers with comments, questions, vocabulary and ways to engage chidren and encourage them to think beyond the words in the book. Reading aloud is modeled for parents and then parents can practice with support. Children are also encouraged to retell, record & share their stories, and are given the tools to do so. This is a free app and contains (as of Aug. 2019) a collection of 16 books in English & Spanish. You Tell Me Stories also provides free printable Activity Books related to each title. These can be downloaded from the website. Some of the current stories are: The Lion and The Mouse, Harry and Lulu, Oscar Finds A Home, Oscar Goes to the Zoo, Chicken Little, Little Red Riding Hood, The Little Red Hen, The Three Bears, Alfred and the Dragon, Oscar Encuentra Un Hogar, La Gallinita Roja, and others. The website contains extensive information and resources for parents and profession- als on the importance of reading aloud and related research. This is a helpful resource for support and education as well as a source of excellent story books for reading aloud to young children.
Introducing You Tell Me Stories https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76pccGtXaXo
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