Oh, there's an app for that...

I stumbled across a gem of a blog post by blogger Edudemic that featured this week's "top ten" from Learnist titled Ten Resources for Getting Elementary Students Interested in Reading.  This post listed ten excellent sites to visit that offer even more lists of sites educators of young students could visit if they are looking for web tools that can be used by students who are doing anything from researching animals, learning about the foods of different cultures, or even working on improving their reading fluency. 

Out of the top ten sites that were featured on this post, I absolutely loved the site labeled Elementary Story Apps. As the title implies, this site offers a review of five Elementary Story Apps, each written by educational tools expert Carrie Sorensen.  The reviews are brief and concise, listing the positives and negatives of each Story "App".  The app titled Collins Big Cat Apps in particular caught my eye.  With this app, students can choose a digital copy of a picture book and click the "Read to me" button for beginner readers to read along or listen to, the "Read by myself" button for emerging readers, or has an option for new readers to create their own story and dialogue!  I will definitely be bookmarking Edudemic's top ten list post as well as the Elementary Story Apps site for future use.

Collins Big Cat Apps