Let Me Tell My Story: Story Creation Apps for Early Learners

Let Me Tell My Story: Story Creation Apps for Early Learners

Gayle Berthiaume

Storytelling promotes expressive language development, both in oral and written form.

The storytelling experience assists children in generating stories and encourages their dictation and story writing.

(Nelson 1989)

Considerations

By Gayle Berthiaume

Developmentally Appropriate Interface

©Suddenly It Clicks!

From: “Using an iPad with Your Preschooler”

Images for Stories

PhotoBoothCamera

Pixabay Drawing Pad

Built-in Camera

■ Learning to take photos

■ Asking permission

■ Talking about the pictures

■ Making books or projects with photos

■ Sharing

Story Creation Apps

Tell About This

ChatterPix Kids

Shadow Puppet Edu

GarageBand

Puppet Pals HD

Toontastic 3D

The Making of a Digital Story

• Gather or create digital images and audio

• Make your story come alive

• Share your story

• Brainstorm ideas for a story

• Decide who is your audience and what is your purpose

• Write a script or a story

• Create a storyboard

Kidspiration for Brainstorming

Kidspiration Maps Lite

Kidspiration Maps Lite for Word

StoryboardName:

Group Members: Scene 1 (Beginning) Scene 2 (Middle) Scene 3 (End)

Words Words Words

Camera or illustration Camera or illustration Camera or illustration

Book Creator

Pages

Explain Everything

Book Creator

Bats fly at night. They eat TONS of insects. They really like mosquitoes. People should like bats because they hate mosquitoes.

By Mitch

Pages

The Story SpineOnce upon a time . . .

Every day . . . But one day . . .

Because of that . . . Because of that . . . Because of that . . .

Until finally . . . Ever since then . . .

The moral of this story is. . .

Once upon a time

there was a cute cat who liked to catch mice.

Every day

the cat caught mice.

But one day

the mice did not show up.

Because of that

the cat was hungry.

Because of that

the cat got sick.

Until finally

one mouse showed up and helped the cat get better.

Ever since then

the cat only eats fish.

Create Your Story

Sharing Stories and Favorite Apps

Thank you for encouraging your young learners to tell their stories.

Gayle [email protected]://SuddenlyitClicks.com

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