Story Friends™ Specialist's Kit

Fun, engaging and effective, Story Friends™ is the first research-based Tier 2 language intervention programme for 3- to 5-year-old children at risk for reading difficulties. Through interactive animal-themed storybooks and lively, engaging audio recordings, Story Friends™ effectively boosts oral language and vocabulary development – two of the most important predictors of later reading success. With colourful illustrations, rhyming text, interactive story components, and appealing narration, the programme hooks and holds young attention spans.

Story Friends™ is a natural fit with any existing classroom schedule or curriculum, so it’s easier than ever to deliver interventions when they matter most, and get all young children ready to read and succeed.

Packed in a sturdy box with a handle for easy carrying, this kit contains: one Teacher Guide with complete guidance on implementing the programme; one set of 26 full-colour, animal-themed storybooks; one USB with the audio tracks that accompany each storybook (252 minutes of instruction); and one set of 18 shrink-wrapped picture cards for assessing children’s acquisition of words.

Ideal for SLPs and reading specialists, this convenient kit contains everything you need to implement the Story Friends™ early language and literacy intervention with one child. if you're using Story Friends™ for small-group intervention, you'll need extra sets of storybooks to conduct the programme with multiple children at once.

Here's a link to a webinar introducing Story Friends™:

"There are two intersected paths one must travel to prevent reading disability: one to the alphabetic code and the other to language learning. Story Friends will help children along the language-learning path--charmingly, in a way both consistent with research and appealing to young children." --Timothy Shanahan, Ph.D.

Dr. Howard Goldstein, Ph.D. is Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences at University of South Florida in Tampa, USA. His research has focused on improving the communication and social skills of children with autism and other developmental disabilities. He is the author of two books and over 100 scholarly journal articles and book chapters and a nationally known scholar for his research in the field of child language intervention.

Join us for an introductory webinar! Ideal for SLPs and reading specialists, this convenient kit contains everything you need to implement the "Story Friends " early language and literacy intervention with one child. Fun, engaging, and effective, "Story Friends" is the first research-based Tier 2 language intervention program for 4- to 6-year-old children at risk for reading difficulties. Through interactive animal-themed storybooks and lively, engaging audio recordings, "Story Friends" effectively boosts oral language and vocabulary development two of the most important predictors of later reading success. With colorful illustrations, rhyming text, interactive story components, and appealing narration from Wanda the Word Wolf, the program hooks and holds young attention spans. And because "Story Friends" is a natural fit with any existing classroom schedule or curriculum, it's easier than ever to deliver interventions when they matter most and get all young children ready to read and succeed. Packed in a sturdy box with a handle for easy carrying, this kit contains: 1 Teacher Guide with complete guidance on implementing the program 1 set of 26 full-color, animal-themed storybooks 1 USB with the audio tracks that accompany each storybook (252 minutes of instruction) 1 set of 18 shrink-wrapped picture cards for assessing children's acquisition of words" *Note: If you're using Story Friends for small-group intervention, you'll need extra sets of storybooks to conduct the program with multiple children at once. Purchase the Story Friends Classroom Kit for everything you need to use Story Friends in small groups." "Learn more about the Story Friends program." "Learn more about the complete Multitiered Interventions for Language & Literacy in Early Childhood (MILLIE ) product suite.""

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