Laurie Story Vela
Laurie Story Vela
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Laurie Story Vela, M.A. is an Author/Illustrator and BookTelling Performer with Laurie's Stories. Her interactive shows celebrate reading, English language, and creativity for families and youth Pre-K through 8th grades. Laurie Story is hailed as the Mother Goose Rapper; you can catch Laurie's BookTelling in live performances & online in her brief Rhyme Time 5 videos. You can meet & learn with Laurie's characters & books with free Marvelous Membership in The Leaping Literacy Online Library featuring hundreds of interactive language games on Phonics Pages with the Laurie Story characters. 150 Laurie Stor-E BooksTM are available in delightful digital downloads by the title, the package, or through special Leaping Literacy Library paid memberships.

Visit the Laurie StorE Store for books & CDs!

Laurie Story is a singer and prolific songwriter. She has penned and produced hundreds of children's, folk and New Thought songs. She has created and developed ChildSing Song Circles for preschoolers and their caregivers. And has most recently produced dozens of New Thought songs especially for children, teens and families and performs them with her son Jeremiah, age 9. Laurie Story has her M.A. in Education and curriculum design. In addition to her literacy materials, she is now creating 'spiritual literacy' New Thought curriculum and multi media materials on her 2nd site:

Read 4 free from Leaping Literacy:
Laurie's Stories
Links
Laurie's Stories' Power Point
Power point includes overview, characters, series', Laurie's Resume
And Visit our Laurie's Stories'
Leaping Literacy Online Library! Leaping Literacy Library

Visit the site for New Thought Families:
new thought families
Laurie Story New Thought Music
Direct page to find bio, song samples
& lyrics from 3 CDs:
Laurie Story Vela

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
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 and these days travels less to be home with her son.

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
To put 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. To further make these materials available to as many as possible through low priced internet access that also enhances and develops computer literacy.

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.
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 Stor-E BooksTM in PDF and Audio offer ample opportunities to download, click through, save and access again & again.
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!

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