# Story Friends™ Teacher Guide

[Howard Goldstein, Ph.D., CCC-SLP](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_Contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=1047&Name=Howard+Goldstein,Ph.D.,%20CCC-SLP), [Elizabeth Spencer Kelley, Ph.D., CCC-SLP](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_Contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=78839&Name=Elizabeth+Kelley,Ph.D.,%20CCC-SLP)

Early Childhood, K-12

This book is your user-friendly guide to implementing _Story Friends_ with 4- to 6-year-old children at risk for reading difficulty.

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| 51318 | 978-1-68125-131-8 |
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This book is your user-friendly guide to implementing _Story Friends™_, a fun and engaging language intervention program for 4- to 6-year-old children at risk for later reading difficulty. You'll get

- An accessible, concise overview of the program and its many benefits
- A look at the research behind _Story Friends_
- Complete guidance on setting up your listening center: an area in your classroom where children listen to stories and instruction based on those stories
- An easy three-step model for implementing the _Story Friends_ program
- Instructions on monitoring student progress
- Photocopiable resources, including assessments, program pacing charts, and attendance logs

Through 26 interactive animal-themed storybooks and lively, engaging audio recordings, _Story Friends_ effectively improves oral language and vocabulary development—two of the most important predictors of later reading success. With colorful illustrations, rhyming text, interactive story components, and appealing narration from Wanda the Word Wolf, children strengthen other important skills, such as solving problems, empathizing, working together, and making friends with others who are different. And because _Story Friends_ is a natural fit with any existing classroom schedule or curriculum, it's easier than ever to deliver interventions when they matter most and get all young children ready to read and succeed.

_Learn more about the [Story Friends program.](/content/product/story-friends/index.html)_

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## Reviews

Nickola Wolf Nelson, Professor emerita, Western Michigan University; Editor-in-Chief, Topics in Language Disorders 
- June 16, 2017

"Great authors, solid scholarship. Story Friends is a wonderful evidence-based resource for helping young children learn new concepts through literacy while learning how to use literacy to learn!"

Timothy Shanahan, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Chicago 
- April 27, 2016

"There are two intersected paths one must travel to prevent reading disability: one to the alphabetic code and the other to language learning. **Story Friends** will help children along the language-learning path—charmingly, in a way both consistent with research and appealing to young children."

Andrea DeBruin-Parecki, Principal Research Project Manager, Educational Testing Service Early Childhood Research and Assessment Center 
- April 27, 2016

" **Story Friends** provides individual instruction in key areas of early literacy that impact future reading comprehension. Using **Story Friends** can assist young children, particularly those identified as needing supplementary help, develop a broader vocabulary and acquire tools to help them gain further understandings."

Authors: [Howard Goldstein Ph.D., CCC-SLP](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=1047&Name=Howard+Goldstein+Ph.D.%2c+CCC-SLP), [Elizabeth Spencer Kelley Ph.D., CCC-SLP](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=78839&Name=Elizabeth+Spencer+Kelley+Ph.D.%2c+CCC-SLP)

**Learn more about Story Friends**

[Program Overview](/content/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/story-friends-program-overview.pdf)

[How Story Friends Works](/content/story-friends-sampler/index.html)

[Read the Research](/content/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Goldstein-story-friends-research-behind.pdf)

[Frequently Asked Questions](/content/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Story_Friends_Faqs.pdf)

[Word Choices](/content/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Story_Friends_Why_These_Words_Summer17.pdf)

[8 Strategies for Teaching Budding Readers](/content/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/story-friends-strategies-for-teaching-struggling-readers.pdf%22/index.html)

**Watch the videos**

[See Story Friends Instruction in Action](http://bcove.me/5ra79zew)

[How to Use Story Friends to Improve Vocabulary in Your Preschool Classroom](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHKVznq3vS0)

**Check out the webinar**

[Strategies for Encouraging Reading Readiness in Young Children](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igUZGOOjCwY)

**Read the blog post**

[Four building blocks of great literacy centers in inclusive classrooms](http://blog.brookespublishing.com/4-building-blocks-of-great-literacy-centers-in-inclusive-classrooms/)

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[How Our Early Childhood Products Help Strengthen Head Start Program Quality and School Readiness](/content/resource-library/brookes-publishings-head-start-alignment/index.html)