Laurie Story Vela, author/illustrator, singer/songwriter, new thought children, families

More About Laurie's Stories & Leaping Literacy

Leaping Literacy is a compilation site from the work of
Author/Illustrator/BookTeller/ Educator and "Mother Goose Rapper" Laurie Story Vela, MA, ED.
Laurie Story & son Jeremiah

Laurie Story is an independant artist and single mom looking to give the gift of Laurie's Stories through cyber space and in live, interactive performances. She toured schools and libraries in America for well over a decade, took some time closer to home with ChildSing Song Circles and is once again booking tours for 2011/2012 and beyooooooooond ... ~!

Laurie's Stories
Based on the FUNdamentals of literacy, Laurie's original stories, rhymes, songs and characters forge the way with an unusual voice for edutainment. For the background story and more details, read The Laurie Story. There is also a power point overview there!

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, songs and characters. We make Laurie's Stories readily available through live, interactive performances & low cost, easily accessible internet applications that also enhance & develop computer literacy skills. We create Laurie's Stories & these multi-media materials because children deserve playtime & literacy lasts a lifetime.

More About Laurie's Stories
The word play of Laurie's Stories is rooted in literature providing a fun reading experience rich in text and picture. The pictures and the voice of the stories are from a kid's point of view. The rhyme and alliteration of Laurie's Stories are what kids refer to as "tongue twisters" or "Mother Goose Rap". Laurie's Stories are designed to build reading and spelling fluency, providing bridges between emergent reader and chapter books. Our LaurieStorEBooksTM are power pdfs that are fully illustrated & have the LaurieStory narrated audio book embedded. In keeping with our blend of whole language & phonics, Laurie Story Rhyme Books list the word family rhymes utilized in the back of each book.

More About Leaping Literacy
The Leaping Literacy web site offers a vehicle for the Laurie Story materials that fosters computer literacy. The hundreds of character visits are interactive cyber worksheets. The Laurie StorEBooksTM in power portable PDFs with Audio book embedded, offer ample opportunities to download, click through, save, and access again & again. We also now offer our free members LaurieStorETV videos in power portable PDFs with video show embedded. LaurieStorETV is also still found on YouTube.

How Does Laurie's Stories Foster Reading & Spelling Fluency?
* Fluency is based on FUNdamentals, familiarity of concepts & characters.
* Fluency is built on sound-sight repetition and recognition.
* Word patterns are repeated in fun and challenging contexts.
* 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!

Read and play with Laurie's Stories!
Leaping Literacy! Because the best learning is FUNdamental and literacy lasts a lifetime.