There's a fun online learning destination for kids - Speakaboos!
With Speakaboos, kids develop literary skills while learning about technology in a safe and fun environment.
Speakaboos is "an online publisher that celebrates classic literary properties for children such as Curious George, Snow White and Aesop's Fables through the voices of today's biggest stars including Kevin Bacon, Nick Cannon, John Krasinski and Kelly Ripa. For children, they feature storybook videos online with original illustrations and music accompanied by educational activities, games and contests. Parents and teachers can draw on story guides, lesson plans based on national standards, worksheets and other resources to reinforce educational lessons at home and in the classroom. Their first release, the Arthur Celebrity Audiobook, earned a Teacher's Choice Award from Scholastic. Speakaboos partners with premier educational organizations such as the National Education Association and contributes 15% of all revenues to charities supporting children’s health and wellness.
"On April 14, 2009, Speakaboos had announced its spring releases of online titles performed by celebrities, as well as new children's activities to celebrate the season. Featuring stories read by “Law & Order: SVU” star Christopher Meloni and “The Office” star John Krasinski amongst other famous voices, Speakaboos continues to provide a dynamic, interactive and educational online destination for children. All titles are available for immediate viewing on Speakaboos.com for free, and may be downloaded for offline viewing either by individual track or by album."
Try visiting Speakaboos with your kids to experience a new fun way of learning.
Edited to add: Here are pictures of some celebrities recording for Speakaboos:
Television personality, rapper and American actor Nick Cannon.
Tim Daly.
Miss USA Rachel Smith.
Clark Gregg and Jennifer Grey.
James Eckhouse.
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24 comments:
looks like fun
is this a free-site?
I'll bookmark this site so my daughter can check it tomorrow.
thank Dee!
Mukhang interesting ito. I've always been interested in children's literature so I'll definitely visit the site.
Thanks for sharing po.
my little girl would love this dee. thanks!
hahahaa!!this is a fun way nga!natuwa ako dun sa nursery rhymes,yung old mcdonald had a farm--hiphop version!mage-enjoy kami dito!!!\(^0^)/Thanks,Dee!!
I love Snow White!
Is there a free e-book?
dee, thanks for recommending this. are the audiobooks free? my boyfriend and i are into audiobooks and ebooks. audiobooks are good when you travel and you learn how words are enunciated well. i finished the twilight series through audiobooks. the only downside i see when it comes to audiobooks, at least on my part, is that i could not understand a word if i don't know its spelling so i end up backtracking many times or reading the book again. but this problem of mine shouldn't be a concern to children's stories since the stories won't be that long and there won't be too many characters to keep track of. right now, i am listening to james fforde's lost in a good book. those who love classic literature can get a good laugh from fforde's works. ooops, off topic.
hello dee! thanks for sharing the site. looks like a great site. will try it out with my kids. i love educational sites like this. :)
Nice initiative !
ahh...o sige, pag may anak nako. haha. walang bata sa house eh.
our pamangkins (anak ng mga pinsan ko) refers to our house as "the house na walang toys." haha.
hey, the site is so cute. i love it, thanks!
akalain mo yon mommy dee, kahit pala mga hollywood celebs na yan ay naloloko sa speakaboo na kung iisipin ay sa mga bata lang...
Happy Tuesday to you,Dee!!^_^
Hi Dee, sorry daan lang muna ako dito sa site mo di muna ko maka comment about Speakabook huh Super limited ang aking time, alaga ko tong 2 girls, sabay put away ng mga gamit namin dito sa new house sa Alabama, dito kami for 1 week, then lipad na pa Pinas..Hay.busy.
Ang ganda naman pwedeng mag record ng sariling boses. kaya lang coming soon pa daw.Ayan naka bookmark na sakin. Thanks for sharing this!
Hi, Dee! Lalong bumabagal ang byahe ko sa blogosphere,hehe...Would be checking the site, I think it's a lot better than fifi and the flowertots. But, sana may PC na ako at home.
Hello,Dee!!Kumusta ka na?Ang galing ni Sir( oo nga pala,ayaw nga pala nya ng sir)Luke,ang dami na nyang followers!!
hi dee,
kamusta na ikaw?? happy weekend ha! ingat lagi :)
hi dee! visiting you again. galing ni luke. parang ikaw.
Yes, it's so fun! Kids would really enjoy it so much. My son loves it!
All titles can be viewed online for free but if you want to download it, I think there's a fee of 99 cents ($.99).
You're welcome, Roy! :)
Hi Nortehanon! Oh, so you love children literature too! Same here. I still love reading them. I think they have a magical flavor that only they can have.
You're welcome and thanks! :)
That's good to know! I bet she'll have lots of fun! You're welcome and thanks too. :)
Hahaha! I haven't seen that yet! Galing naman! Nice version! Katuwa nga! Thanks too, Clarissa. And you're welcome. Have a lovely day! :)
I like Snow White too! But I'm more of the Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella kind. ;)
I haven't checked yet about the e-book but you can view all of their titles online for free. Hope that helps.
Thanks for the visit, Snow. :)
Hi Fifi! :)
You're welcome. All of Speakaboos titles are available for viewing online for free.
Oh, I'm into audiobooks and ebooks too. I've been that way when I had such a hard time finding a hard copy of books I'm so excited to read that I just cannot wait for the hard copy. And yes, you're absolutely right and my sentiments exactly - audiobooks are really a great help to learn how words must be properly enunciated. I actually just realized that when I listened to Twilight too (I also started Twilight in audiobook but I got hooked on it that I decided to buy the next three books instead. You know, New Moon up to Breaking Dawn) and I heard this word and realized that all along I've been pronouncing it incorrectly, haha. So yes, audiobooks help a lot in teaching one how to enunciate words. My one complaint with audiobooks, though, is that it's sometimes difficult to tell who's saying the dialogue. Unlike in books where it's clear that she said this or he said that...
Oh, I'll check on that audiobook you mentioned. Sounds like an interesting book. Thanks for the recommendation. :)
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