One of my new site members on English Raven asked me today for some help accessing a Dolch Sight Word Reader I made several years ago, called Why Can't I Fly?
This is a pretty good example of there being so much stuff on my site (I've been adding resources to it since 2002) that even I sometimes forget what's available there! Why Can't I Fly? was my attempt at a simple little story that utilized as many of the basic Dolch Sight Words as possible, with lots of meaningful repetition in a kids-friendly story format
In chasing up Why Can't I Fly? for my new site member, I had some fun reading back over the story and printed it out to add to the collection of stuff I'm making/reading with my son Jamie. It then occured to me that this would be something nice to try out on Screenr - a new screencasting tool I've just started playing around with.
The story was a little too long to read out loud within Screenr's five minute time limit, but I did manage to get the first 6 of 8 pages read out loud. Here is the result:
You can get a larger, high-definition version of the video by clicking on that square icon next to the volume button. Actually, the full-screen version is going to be great for showing Jamie on my or my wife's computer screens! Just a pity I didn't have time to read the full story here...
I'll let you download the actual print version (PDF) of the story as well:
Why Can't I Fly? - A Dolch Word Reader by Jason Renshaw
For Jamie, I've printed these out on thicker paper and I use them as a kind of card story.
Most of the other reading material I make for very young children involves far less text, so I'll have to think about putting more of them into this online Screenr format. Fun fun fun!
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