Oscar Finds A Home at Mac App Store analyse

*Only children’s ebook apps with unique features WORDWINKS and RETELL, RECORD & SHARE *WORDWINKS weave comments & questions into the story-helps kids read between the lines *RETELL RECORD & SHARE builds listening & speaking PARENTS, KIDS AND EDUCATORS LOVE AWARD WINNING You TELL Me Stories! “I read with my 2 ½ & 6 year old daughters, ‘Goldilocks and the 3 Bears’ and they absolutely loved it. When we were reading the story together, sparks were going off with tons of ideas on how I could implement this with my own students.” – Lauren Turk, Speech and Language Pathologist, NY “Inspired…parent friendly, child appealing…a real winner!” -- Dr. Lydia Soifer, Soifer Center for Learning & Child Development EXCLUSIVE 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 this 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 vocabulary…put ideas in order so they make sense…identify important details…and build memory -Help your child record his or her own version of the story and share it with Grandma and other loved ones, teachers and friends…right from the app! * You TELL Me Stories is a parent’s guilt-free tool to incorporate technology into reading. * Educate your child even when you’re 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! “I’ve been creating stories for children for nearly 40 years, and highly recommend You TELL Me Stories.’ -- Arthur Yorinks, Children’s Book Writer, Caldecott Medal winner “The 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 Institute ABOUT THE STORY It’s a brand new day at the K-9 Shelter and Oscar, the delightful dachshund, is hoping to be adopted and find a new home. All the other dogs are putting their best paws forward and finding homes, while poor Oscar is left with his best friend Yo-Yo. When a little girl comes to adopt Yo-Yo, Oscar is so sad he doesn’t even open his eyes. But just as the shelter is about to close, Joey arrives and finds his new best friend. Both Oscar and Joey discover THE BEST IS SAVED FOR LAST! ABOUT YOU TELL ME STORIES You TELL Me Stories are bright, colorful and entertaining enhanced 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 they’ll develop in school and throughout their lives.