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On-screen Talking Books

Clicker talking books provide an exciting opportunity for both reading and writing.
There are lots of ready-made books available, and it is incredibly easy to create your own using digital photos and your own voice. You can even add video!

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Clicker talking books for reading

Children need lots of exposure to books as they develop their literacy skills, and Clicker talking books are an important ingredient in the range of reading materials in your classroom. Clicker talking books give you the following benefits:

• They are very accessible – just a forward and back button to turn the pages and a speech button to hear the text.
• They can use either digitised speech or a real sound recording.
• Pupils are able to read the books independently.
• Books can be combined with supporting comprehension and writing activities (e.g. the Planet Wobble series)
• Clicker talking books make great centrepieces for your whiteboard lessons.

Personalise your reading materials by creating your own Clicker talking books – you can do it in just minutes! Drag and drop in digital photos from the computer or directly from your camera and then record your voice using Clicker's built-in sound recorder. Add text, or leave it as a picture book. It's easy to drop in video too.

Make books about your class or about a recent trip. Create personal books for individual pupils containing pictures and voices from their family. Create books on the fly with a group of pupils – making Clicker talking books is a simple yet innovative way to give pupils new experiences in reading and writing.

Clicker talking books for writing

Making Clicker talking books is not only easy for the teacher – you can give your pupils the opportunity to create talking books too. Younger or struggling pupils, start with a template that offers them pop-up grids to enter their text and pictures, plus a sound recording button to record their voice.

Creating Clicker talking books becomes even more powerful when you have Clicker Paint installed. This fully integrates with Clicker to enable pupils to create their own illustrations for their books with the child-friendly painting tools.

Early or struggling readers are especially motivated by the experience of creating their own books. You'll find lots of templates on our LearningGrids World site, and of course it's easy to create your own.

Sources of ready-made Clicker talking books

Find a wealth of ready-made Clicker talking books from the following sources:

1. There are over 70 talking books in the Literacy section on our free LearningGrids World site - and many more in the other categories, covering a wide variety of curriculum areas.
2. Planet Wobble is our award-winning reading series for struggling readers and writers. It contains 21 graded Clicker talking books and includes printed copies of the books too, plus lots of Clicker writing activities.
3. Find Out and Write About – our award-winning non-fiction series covers many curriculum areas and has linked writing activities from every page, enabling pupils to write their own reports.
4. Engage and enthuse learners with classroom favourite, Oxford Reading Tree. Thirty popular stories have been turned into on-screen Clicker books and include a range of reading and writing activities that relate to the stories.
5. Encourage reluctant readers with the Trackers for Clicker series. Based on books by Oxford University Press, these on-screen books and activities provide age appropriate materials for children aged 7+ reading at a 5+ level.
6. Develop independent reading with Clicker Books. These include printed and on-screen versions of engaging stories, plus Clicker activities covering a huge range of activities for literacy teaching.