FUNdamental Leaping Literacy Library!
Read and
play with Laurie's Stories!
Because children deserve playtime, and literacy lasts a lifetime.
Explore our characters and books with free, no log in access
here @ Laurie's Stories!
There are hundreds of interactive, cyber playsheets for language development word play with Laurie Story characters based on FUNdamentals found in Laurie StorEBooks.
Explore vowel sounds and word patterns with our rhyme and alliteration; visit specific books and character pages in thematic and phonetic sections linked above.
 
Browse our book shelves; click on each Laurie StorEBook and enJOY each title in free streaming Laurie StorETV! Many of our books have 2 streams to choose from; 1 with Laurie Story seen inside the book reading with you, woo hoo!
There are highlighted Laurie StorEBooks and StoryTimes here:
Free Shelf Access to all Laurie StoryTimes!
In addition to StoryTimes, Our Free Shelf is also home to our Your StorEBook archives of student authored books and school projects!
You'll also access rotating Laurie StorEBook downloads; each of our titles is in audio, power point, and pdf! Sample our files here:
Laurie's Stories
are designed to build reading and spelling fluency, providing
bridges between emergent readers and chapter books. Our LaurieStorEBooks are fully illustrated & narrated by Laurie Story. In keeping with our support of building reading fluency, the vocabulary in each book is listed in the back often accompanied by some of our character language lessons like this:
 
How does Laurie's Stories foster Reading and Spelling Fluency?
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* Fluency is based in FUNdamental
familiarity of concepts & characters.
* Fluency is built on sound-sight
repetition and recognition.
* Word
patterns are repeated in fun and challenging contexts.
* Many Laurie StorEBooks have a repeated 'chorus' or refrain that is spoken or sung.
* There
are often kinesthetic connections with Laurie Story Physical
PhonicsTM.
* Fluency
is fostered in the same way as Mother Goose Rhymes do it ~
the
rhymes are fun to say and easy to remember. And they are fun to play with!
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Laurie's Stories' Mission Statement
Laurie's Stories puts the FUN in the fundamentals of literacy and English language development through interactive, imaginative materials that feature original, child-centered stories, rhymes, alliteration, songs and characters. We bring you literacy FUNdamentals because children deserve playtime and literacy lasts a lifetime.
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Our Leaping Literacy Librarian, Laurie Story Vela, M.A. is an Author/Illustrator and BookTelling Performer with Laurie's Stories. Her hundreds of LaurieStorEBooks and hundreds of songs celebrate reading, English language, imagination, word play, and creativity for children, youth, and families. She began creating songs, books, plays and producing them in early childhood.
Laurie's formal work began at UC Davis with an undergaraduate communications study and a graduate program in education; her M.A. is in education and curriculum design. Laurie's Stories were initially founded on a blend of phonics, whole language & 2nd language acquisition. Laurie Story was hailed as the Mother Goose Rapper in her decades of touring and performing at the nation's schools and libraries. She also worked with many students over the years to write and produce their own books, songs, and plays. Some of them are found on our Free Shelf here @ Laurie's Stories and also in the central Leaping Literacy Library branch.
Laurie Story is also a singer and prolific songwriter. In addition to her Laurie Story songs found here, she has penned and produced hundreds of other folk songs for children, families and 'big folk' found in other branches of her Leaping Literacy Library.
Laurie Story has integration ETV web show celebrations which include her books and songs as well as other FUNdamental literacy explorations with Feature Creature Teachers, Puppet and People friends, Living Green, Heart Smart tools and more!
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