About Laurie Story Vela, M.A.

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Lauries Stories Mother Goose Rap Literacy
FUNdamentals Multimedia Edutainment
1-800-ABC-4974 www.lauriesstories.com
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About Lauries Stories
Mother Goose Rap!
Lauries Stories All original stories rhymes
songs characters that celebrate language
literacy. Lauries Stories are written
illustrated performed by BookTeller Mother
Goose Rapper Laurie Story Vela M.A. Lauries
Stories began with Lauries Masters in Education
Laurie was at the forefront of blending whole
language phonics in an effort to make reading
fundamentals more contextual meaningful and
FUN.
The age-old mnemonic devices of rhyme
alliteration educate and entertain pre-readers up
to fluent readers. Providing the FUNdamentals of
literacy and English language through tongue
twisters and rap Lauries Stories fills an
educational gap for building reading writing
and spelling fluency with fun-filled family
friendly content.
RhymeAlliteration
Laurie Story has toured the nations schools
libraries since 1992!
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Laurie Story Live Shows
The live interactive performances of Lauries
Stories include Laurie Story Books rhymes
songs and character visits from Word Wonders
and Phonics Farm. Character vignettes and
content pieces revolve around a theme or a vowel
sound. There are dozens of shows that have been
applied to nationwide tours audio video and the
web site. Videos found onsite as well as on
schooltube.com and youtube.com
Laurie StorEBooksTM
Lauries Stories On The Web
The Laurie Story web site offers visitors free
cyber literacy that includes word play games
videos and Laurie StorEBooksTM. The site
consistently averages 50000 hits a month with
high international traffic. The Leaping Literacy
Online Library offers free membership access to
interactive character pages videos and
revolving sample Laurie StorEBooksTM. There are
hundreds of downloadable Laurie StorEBooksTM
available in audio pdf power pfd html video.
Read with us online! www.lauriesstories.com
Leaping Literacy! For Reading Spelling
Fluency 120 Laurie StorEBooksTM 120 Audio Books
in 12 Sections cover all the vowel sounds and
grammar basics.
Lauries Stories provides wholesome interactive
family entertainment with materials and programs
that get children and their parents involved in
developing crucial literacy skills. Lauries
Stories Leaping Literacy Program also serves
teachers librarians with national
international educational applications for
English language development literacy fun.
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Lauries Stories Online Reading Programs
Read with us online! www.lauriestories.com
Laurie Story Word Play Pages These interactive
cyber worksheets explore FUNdamentals that
range from silent letters to homophones to
compound words. The Laurie Story characters
invite fun into the fluency of literacy
development. These mini language lessons are
taken from Laurie Stor-E BooksTM that are
available in free samples paid downloads.

Laurie
Stor-E BooksTM
LaurieStorEBooksTM are illustrated narrated
tongue twisting Mother Goose Rap literature
that turns Dick Jane on their head! The
multi-media formats speak to todays readers.
Cyber literacy is enhanced along with reading
literacy fluency. Laurie StorEBooksTM blend
phonics whole language.arts English language
development literacy basics into FUNdamental fun
for everyone!
Laurie StorEBooksTM
Laurie Story Rhyme Time 5 Videos These fun
rhyming videos for children literacy feature
Laurie Story Booktelling that includes Laurie
StorEBooksTM found in the Leaping Literacy Online
Library. You can always sing rhyme read see
Laurie StorE FREE!
Free Online Literacy! www.lauriestories.com
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The Color Cloud SeriesFound on the web in
audio video books and Laurie Stor-E BooksTM.
The Color Clouds imaginative adventures are
usually supported w/ these color characters
Red Fred
Green Queen Colleen
Marcello Yellow Fellow
Green Queen Colleen
Lou Blue Gnu Stu Blue Kangaroo
Wink Pink Mink Tink Pink Skink
Zak the Black Yak
The Color Cloud
Myrtle the Purple Gerbil
Powel the Orange Owl
Round the Brown Hound
Fay the Gray Stingray
Dwight the White Kite
50 books feature imaginative fun lyrical
chorus recurring color characters. The Color
Cloud always comes when youre just sitting
often says You can do it too.Readers
develop fluency with high imagination internal
rhymes word play.
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Sample pages from theThe Color Cloud Series
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The Mel Nell Series Found on the web in audio
video books and Laurie Stor-E BooksTM.
Nell Mel are simply outrageous in their comical
conversations. Nell is the silly one asking
questions like Can you eat with your feet Mel
is logical and often says No Nell! But
somehow Nell is always right due to a play on
words or a play on Mel. 50 books with Mel Nell
the funny friends that have somewhat predictable
and humorous dramalogues with themselves and
you
Readers develop conversational fluency with Mel
Nells accessible vocabulary.
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Sample pages from The Mel Nell Series
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Pam Jerisha Alligator in Our Refrigerator
Series Found on the web in audio video books
and Laurie Stor-E BooksTM.
Kyle Crocodile He talks low and slow and is also
fond of eating he likes to slurp up messes.
Liz the Wizard Lizard She magically appears fizzy
in body voice.
Kath the Giraffe Shes sweet and gentle and
mute. She never says a thing.
Kelly the Alligator She often shows up in the
refrigerator she loves food talks loud and long
with a southern accent.
These 2 sisters have a host of animal friends who
come to visit in 25 Laurie Storybooks you never
know who will show up! Most of these stories
have a refrain or chorus many include the
regular host of animal friends Kelly Kyle Liz
and Kath. These family friendly stories are
great read a-louds for developing readers.
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Sample pages from the Alligator in Our
Refrigerator Series
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Hazel the Tree Book Series This series of 8
stories touches on social and environmental
issues.
Action Ants Book Series Amazing Action Ants
Ashley Armando Angelina and Aaron explore in
25 ABC Alphabet Adventures that often have 3
developmental levels i.e. Ants are
approaching! Army ants are approaching
aphids. Army ants are approaching agreeable
amiable aphids.
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Sample pages from theAction Ants Book Series
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Laurie Story Rhymes SongsFound on the web in
audio video books and Laurie Stor-E BooksTM. In
addition to the Laurie Story characters found in
book series show vignettes and Phonics Farm
there are more than 500 rhymes and songs
interspersed in the shows 72 of these are
published in Leaping Literacy. Rich in word
patterns Laurie Story Rhymes aid literacy
fluency based on the most practical of
literature-based phonetic foundations. Kids just
think of them as fun tongue twisting Mother
Goose Rap!
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Word Wonders Letters Words At Play Found on
the web in audio video books and Laurie Stor-E
BooksTM.
I.B. Newt in the Nature Nook using his Y
stick I.B. asks the audience a nature based
whyquestion.
Spencer The Spinning Spider Sitting in his word
web he spins words!
Dixie the Dictionary Duck delivers definitions as
needed.
Inez Perez Her Bubblegum Bank keeps the comedy
coming with the cohesion of comical commentaries.
Nym Hymn Chorus sings antonyms synonyms and
homonyms in a hymn. Sing with us!
Caroline the Colorful Crow transports a word to
different characters Go go! Caroline Crow!
Vowel Owl swoops in to identify and highlight
vowel sounds.
Lolly Llama Letters Librarian tells stories
using words with a changing letter like
Cades Cake.
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Phonics Farm Letters Language their Parts At
Play Found on the web in audio video books and
Laurie Stor-E BooksTM.
Delores the Hoarse Horse delivers the latest
rhyme from the homophone line.
LuLu Bell the Compound Cow makes compound words
simple!
Tennessee the Tense Turkey presents past
present future tenses.
Gloria the Grammar Goat finds bad grammar and
asks you how to correct it.
Peter the Plurals Prefix Pig often says Just
add S or un!
Serena the Suffix Sow looks at endings like ing
and ed.
Silas the Silent Letter Lamb points out the
silent letters. Sshh!
Penny Punctuation Peacock Gets her feathers
ruffled when commas and the like are left out.
Chloe the Contractions Chicken uses chicken
scratch to make words like do not become dont.
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Behind Lauries Stories
What A language experience where Word Play puts
the FUN in Literacy Fundamentals fostering
family literacy in a celebration of language and
imagination.How Lauries Stories puts the FUN
in literacy fundamentals by playing with letters
word patterns and the basics of grammar. Using
rhyme and alliteration children and adults are
engaged in an interactive context that promotes
family reading as language comes alive and
literacy complexities are made into childs play.
It is play that children of all ages respond to
and that teachers readily recognize as the basics
at work. Why Rhyme and alliteration have been
used through the ages as mnemonic devices and
thereby applied to various aspects of culture
including marketing and education. The popularity
and longevity of rhyme is evidenced in Mother
Goose and rap. Current research shows that the
ability to decipher rhyme is a necessary
precursor to reading. Research also shows that
people learn best when they are having fun.
Lauries Stories puts rhyme with playful
characters and interactive contexts that children
and adults alike can put their body mind and
heart into. The basics of reading and writing
come alive through imaginative fun contextual
literature using the time-tested tools of rhyme
and alliteration. And its all brought to you by
Author/Illustrator/BookTeller Laurie Story the
Mother Goose Rapper.
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Lauries Stories Putting the FUN in Literacy
FUNdamentals! Making a difference because
literacy lasts a lifetime.
Some Feedback
Thanks for your songs Congrats on your
work/play with children. - Pete Seeger After
closing the circle time noboby wants to leave
from a circle rag and they ask me to read more.
That happens everyday! They love your stories
Ms. Laurie! Especially one boy( Zorel) was
obsessed by Color Cloud Clock and he drew clocks
all over the classroom and now he can tell the
time! Little Christopher loves \ man in the
moon\ and he requests me everyday saying
\Man!Man!\ Your stories definitely enriched our
students\ literacy experience! Thank you.!
Eri Cronin Literacy Aide Vegas Verdes
Elementary School Las Vegas NV Promotes ear
training and phonemic syllabic awareness
captures the attention of kids and their parents
very effective and crisp extremely
professional. Robert Wozniak Ph.D. Former
President of the Piaget Society Department
Chair Child Development Bryn Mawr College PA
  I introduced your books and website to our
teachers who were so much impressed by your
work.... We will keep reading Lauries Stories!
Thanks a lot! - Your fan Sujeong (Korea) A
joyous bouncing glorious adventure of stories
music and educational fun! - Kathy Avraham
Librarian Prundale Library CA She resurrects
rhyme and alliteration another Dr. Seuss! - Jan
Fox 4th Teacher NY  This material is really
fun! It gives the anti-reading child a different
perspective. - Norma Quanz Reading Tutor
NY I have been impressed with Lauries
commitment to excellence her utilization of
materials based on sound educational principles
her command and use of language and her
exuberance. - Claudine Hanner Former Youth
Services Director Brown Library Williamsport
PA Excellent materials. Highly motivating and
ALIVE - Perfect reading coordination!- Marian
Crawford Former Wayland Free Public Library
Director Wayland NY
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About Laurie Story Vela M.A.

• 2009-2011 Leaping Literacy Online Library gets a
  make-over new power video Laurie StorEBooksTM
  debut onsite with Kindle. 2 new CDs produced
  released. Expansion of Laurie StorETV.2008
  Lauries Stories introduces Rhyme Time 5 Web TV
  Shows music videos publishes Kid E Books.2007
  Lauries Stories celebrates literacy with 2
  BookTelling tours in Las Vegas Summer Reading
  Tours interactive online program ABC Mystery.
  Launches newthoughtfamilies website Christmas
  CD2006 Lauries Stories re-launches Membership
  options on www.lauriesstories.com Laurie
  produces 4 CDs Small After Small I Am A Seeker
  SimplyIn A Circle Of Love Lets Sing! Laurie
  Story on a school tour in Las Vegas celebrating
  Nevada Reading Week with 5200 K-5 kids
  2005-2006 Laurie Story initiates and directs
  the SLC Youth Choir in church public
  performancesLaurieStory designs and implements
  ChildSing Song Circles for Preschoolers including
  CDsLaurie Story produces 64 preschool songs on
  2 CDs Spring Into Summer Rocka This Song
• 2004 Lauries Stories launches the sister web
  site Leaping Literacy with more than 150 Laurie
  Stor-E BooksTM 475 interactive character pages
  and 650 sound files in 24 sections.
• 2002-2003 Lauries Stories publishes the 120
  titles in Leaping Literacy and publishes Laurie
  Stor-E BooksTM on the web site. Also produces and
  releases the 12 audios for the 12 segments of
  Leaping Literacy 2001 Leaping Literacy is
  revised and greatly expanded 12 shows
  celebrating the vowel sounds were taped with
  live family audiences at WHYY Philadelphia in
  July. Promotional Video produced in August. Live
  shows enhanced with big screen computer
  illustration. 2000 Developed and put the Web
  Site up www.lauriesstories.com featuring all the
  Laurie Story characters and over 700 pages of
  interactive content. 1998-1999Produced 4
  Community TV shows in Santa Cruz CA 4 satellite
  shows for Familyland Network OH the Lauries
  Stories Book Banquet video.
• 1992-1999 National PerformanceTours in schools
  libraries family festivals. Literacy Workshops
  given for teachers and parents including National
  Teacher Conferences for the Society of
  Developmental Education.
• 1993-1997 Produced 11 Laurie Story tapes 7
  story tapes EarthSong script cassette pkg.
  dozens of Read Color Books and Leaping
  Literacy Fun Phonics with 180 min. audio and 300
  pgs.1989-1991 At UC Davis Lauries Stories
  began as part of Lauries Masters degree in
  (Reading) Education Curriculum design. Early
  materials were used in classroom settings.

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