Improving Oral Fluency With Story Books | Shanita Allen speaks about What is a Dream? - By Lumos Learning
00:0-1 | Hello and welcome . I'm darcy from Lemos Learning and | |
00:04 | today we have a special guest with us . She | |
00:06 | Anita Allen welcomes Anita , thank you Dorothy . Pleasure | |
00:11 | to be here . Thank you . Sh Anita has | |
00:14 | written a Children's story book . Let's go dreaming . | |
00:18 | Congratulations . I am so looking forward to learning more | |
00:21 | about this exciting online oral reading proficiency component of your | |
00:26 | book . But before we jump to that I'd actually | |
00:29 | love to hear more about you . Could you please | |
00:31 | tell us more about yourself and why you decided to | |
00:34 | write stories for kids of course . Um Well let's | |
00:39 | see . I have always been interested in writing Children's | |
00:43 | books . I used to read a lot when I | |
00:45 | was younger you know I was when I was in | |
00:47 | elementary and middle school um that was like one of | |
00:49 | my favorite activities . Um So I always dreamed of | |
00:55 | becoming a published author but as I got into high | |
00:59 | school I fell in love with psychology and I'm actually | |
01:00 | a board certified behavior analyst . So I went off | |
01:03 | to um get my undergraduate degree in psychology and my | |
01:07 | Master's degree in behavior analysis And I've been serving individuals | |
01:10 | with developments with disabilities um since 2003 . But in | |
01:15 | 2018 I decided to reconnect with my passion of writing | |
01:21 | and to go ahead and write children's books . So | |
01:24 | I thought I published my first book in 2018 and | |
01:27 | um there are several more to come . So what | |
01:30 | is the dream is actually book #2 in the series | |
01:33 | , So I'm excited to share that with everyone , | |
01:36 | wow , that is so amazing . I'm excited as | |
01:39 | well and congratulations on realizing your dream and pursuing your | |
01:44 | passion . That's definitely inspirational in itself and also having | |
01:47 | a successful career as well . So that's that's really | |
01:50 | amazing . So much so for this specific story who | |
01:57 | or what inspired you . Um well you know , | |
02:02 | just like you said , following my Dreams . So | |
02:05 | the book is basically about Dreams . The entire series | |
02:09 | is about a little girl named Ari and her talking | |
02:13 | dog Pepper and they go on adventures in their dreams | |
02:16 | . So what is the dream is actually the book | |
02:18 | that introduces the two characters ? Um So Ari um | |
02:23 | you know , shocked to hear her dog's feet and | |
02:26 | Pepper starts asking questions about what is a dream . | |
02:29 | So our our explains what those are through the use | |
02:32 | of the five senses , so what do they look | |
02:33 | like , what they smell like , what they taste | |
02:35 | like um and so forth . Um and I thought | |
02:38 | it was just important to write a story about dreams | |
02:44 | and just encouraging Children to um you know , hold | |
02:48 | onto the things that they're interested in and just to | |
02:51 | pursue those things . So that is the main message | |
02:55 | of all of the books in the series is to | |
02:58 | just follow your dreams because I , you know , | |
03:02 | I had a late start with following mine . So | |
03:05 | , um I just wanna encourage everyone , you know | |
03:07 | , parents um and Children , you know , that | |
03:08 | it's never too late , you know , just uh | |
03:10 | you find something that you're passionate about , just go | |
03:12 | for it . Uh That's amazing . Well , I | |
03:16 | have to say it's never too late , but it's | |
03:18 | even better if you can start sooner for sure . | |
03:21 | And , you know , it's amazing thing that you | |
03:24 | were able to translate you realizing your dream into the | |
03:28 | actual story itself . So , I really , really | |
03:31 | love that . Can you tell us more about this | |
03:33 | setting of the book and just kind of the overall | |
03:36 | purpose of this specific one ? Yes , absolutely . | |
03:39 | So a little ari she is uh in her bedroom | |
03:43 | getting prepared to go to , and she asked the | |
03:46 | question , you know , she's just thinking out loud | |
03:48 | and saying , you know , I wonder what I'll | |
03:50 | dream tonight , What places will I go I guess | |
03:52 | until I close my eyes , I'll never really know | |
03:54 | . So then her what she hears a voice and | |
03:57 | what is the dream ? Um and then she realizes | |
03:59 | that her talking dog , she realizes her dog can | |
04:02 | actually speak and uh she's frightened for a little bit | |
04:05 | and then she realizes okay no peppers my friends , | |
04:08 | it's okay . Uh so yeah , it takes place | |
04:10 | in her bedroom um where you know they're just having | |
04:13 | a conversation on her bed and then there's these um | |
04:15 | you know as she's explaining the different um I guess | |
04:19 | you know what dreams are the different aspects , what | |
04:22 | they look like they smell like , you know they | |
04:24 | um there's like a let's say like you can see | |
04:29 | her imagination , you can see all the pictures and | |
04:32 | the um , the stars and the flowers and the | |
04:35 | fish and what have you in her imagination . You | |
04:38 | can see all of that in the book . So | |
04:39 | it takes place in her bedroom , but they go | |
04:42 | different places in her imagination . So kind of , | |
04:47 | well that's the beauty of imagination . You can go | |
04:50 | anywhere you want , especially in your dreams . It | |
04:54 | makes you want to go to bed if you can | |
04:56 | go to fun places like that . Exactly . And | |
04:59 | that's another goal . You know , try to help | |
05:01 | Children uh , fall asleep peacefully , have amazing dream | |
05:04 | . I love that my nephews could definitely use that | |
05:08 | and getting them to sleep . Okay , so talking | |
05:14 | just about kids becoming fluent readers in general , why | |
05:17 | are you passionate about helping kids just , you know | |
05:20 | , learn to read fluently ? And how important do | |
05:23 | you think those skills are for Children's overall development ? | |
05:28 | Well , yeah , definitely . Uh fluency is a | |
05:31 | huge component um of reading in general . It actually | |
05:37 | promotes comprehension because when Children are fluent readers meaning that | |
05:43 | they're able to , you understand the word read it | |
05:46 | quickly . Um they're able to focus more on what | |
05:51 | the story is actually saying as opposed to trying to | |
05:55 | focus on what the word actually means . So the | |
05:58 | more fluent they are , um the better they are | |
06:01 | able to comprehend the story . Um and as far | |
06:06 | as how it relates to their development , um it's | |
06:10 | funny you ask that question because on my social media | |
06:14 | pages I post a lot about the benefits of reading | |
06:18 | and there are tons of , you know , um | |
06:25 | health benefits , it helps with stress . Um it | |
06:28 | helps with social and emotional development . Um you know | |
06:33 | , it helps with empathy , you know , the | |
06:36 | more you read , um you know , the different | |
06:38 | characters you're exposed to in the books , the more | |
06:40 | you're able to relate to them um within the story | |
06:44 | . So of course when you're interacting with people um | |
06:47 | you know , in real life you're able to be | |
06:50 | more understanding empathetic to them as well . So there | |
06:53 | are just so many benefits to reading . So I'm | |
06:57 | definitely a huge proponent of that . I I couldn't | |
07:01 | agree more . I'm a very avid reader myself . | |
07:04 | So everything you listed is very , very true . | |
07:09 | Good . Good . What made you want to take | |
07:12 | this story to an online medium ? Well , I | |
07:17 | would like to reach as many readers as possible um | |
07:21 | you know , so indefinitely with the way that things | |
07:24 | have been in the last year or so um with | |
07:28 | the pandemic and everyone being um more uh I guess | |
07:35 | online , online based . Um so I think it's | |
07:38 | important to just kind of expand that component of , | |
07:46 | expand that component of um what's the word I'm looking | |
07:50 | for , darcy just expand that component of uh I'm | |
07:56 | just kind of remote learning being online . Yes , | |
08:01 | thank you . I knew where you were going to | |
08:04 | , but what happens to all of us ? Yes | |
08:10 | . Yeah . Yeah , so you know , just | |
08:12 | virtually and being able to connect with more people um | |
08:16 | so not just in my local town but worldwide , | |
08:19 | you know , because fluency is important to to every | |
08:22 | person , you know , um all over the world | |
08:24 | . So the more access these Children have to , | |
08:27 | the different types of stories the better . Exactly . | |
08:31 | And you made a good point that during the pandemic | |
08:34 | we all became much more online focused and everything was | |
08:38 | online , so you can definitely reach a broader audience | |
08:40 | , so it makes sense why not kind of thing | |
08:43 | ? Right . Right . Right . And it's more | |
08:45 | easily accessible to um so I think that is definitely | |
08:50 | an important part of being able to branch out and | |
08:53 | be able to be available online . And the Children | |
08:56 | can do it at their own pace um and they | |
08:58 | can do it more readily whenever they have time or | |
09:01 | whenever the parents have time and their schedule . So | |
09:04 | it's just it's more of a convenience thing as well | |
09:06 | , definitely the convenience and easy access , it makes | |
09:09 | a huge difference for people who otherwise wouldn't get a | |
09:12 | chance to read your story . Um Right , so | |
09:16 | what role do you think vocabulary practice specifically plays an | |
09:20 | improving reading fluency ? And how does the student actually | |
09:23 | practice vocabulary using luminess oral fluency program ? Can I | |
09:29 | just say that I love the Blue Most um learning | |
09:31 | program ? Um it is so interactive . So you | |
09:35 | know , the Children are able to read aloud , | |
09:39 | there's the story and record it and hear it you | |
09:42 | know here it plays hear what sounds like . Um | |
09:45 | And they can do that over and over again . | |
09:47 | They can there's also a read aloud component where they | |
09:50 | will hear me reading the story and you know it | |
09:52 | goes along with them highlighting the different words as I'm | |
09:54 | reading , so they're able to recognize the word um | |
09:59 | when they hear it . Uh But vocabulary vocabulary influencing | |
10:06 | go hand in hand because the more words you know | |
10:11 | the more fluent you become because you're not you're not | |
10:14 | you don't have to um I guess hone in on | |
10:17 | the work that you don't recognize and spend time trying | |
10:19 | to figure out how to pronounce it and what it | |
10:21 | means . So the more vocabulary words , you know | |
10:24 | the easier it is for you to be fluent in | |
10:26 | whatever it is you're trying to read . Um And | |
10:29 | on the other hand with the fluency um you're able | |
10:33 | to read faster which means they are in turn able | |
10:39 | to be exposed to two extra words in the story | |
10:42 | . So they go hand in hand definitely . That | |
10:45 | that's so true . I mean of course the more | |
10:47 | words you know the better you can express yourself and | |
10:51 | you can also read faster and thank you for saying | |
10:54 | that about Lemos . I agree as well . Of | |
10:56 | course it isn't the Flash cube , an amazing tool | |
10:59 | where you can you can click it , it's interactive | |
11:02 | and see the different um you know what type of | |
11:04 | word it is and now in a verb the definition | |
11:07 | , hear it spoken . There's so many amazing tools | |
11:09 | on the most . Yeah there are there are there | |
11:14 | are you know so and also I'm excited . Yes | |
11:21 | . No I was just gonna say the read along | |
11:22 | program um also is available first Children . So how | |
11:27 | does the read along specifically become Children ? Better readers | |
11:29 | ? I know you kind of covered that , but | |
11:31 | that's what they can read out loud , right ? | |
11:32 | They're able to do that with your story as well | |
11:35 | . Yes . Yes , absolutely . Absolutely . So | |
11:37 | I was thrilled you know , to be able to | |
11:40 | offer that as a component to my book . So | |
11:43 | not just them , you know , reading it or | |
11:45 | having the parents reach to them or their teacher , | |
11:47 | but there's also um my voice that they're able to | |
11:51 | hear and you know , they can record themselves reading | |
11:56 | , reading the story to hear what they sound like | |
12:00 | to make sure that they're pausing at the correct at | |
12:02 | the correct um moments or make sure they're using the | |
12:05 | right inflection when they read the story . And then | |
12:08 | they compare can also compare that to my Virgin of | |
12:12 | reading the story um which is kind of animated . | |
12:16 | That's amazing . But I think but I think it's | |
12:19 | fun you know ? Yeah . Thank you . I | |
12:22 | think it's fun for the kids to have that you | |
12:24 | know just kind of hear that excitement and you know | |
12:27 | how the story is supposed to sound . So for | |
12:30 | sure because you're the author so you you know how | |
12:32 | it's supposed to sound ? Yes . Yes . Yes | |
12:37 | . No , no problem . Yeah . Absolutely . | |
12:39 | Absolutely . So so that is that is super cool | |
12:42 | . That is so cool to be able to offer | |
12:44 | that . I love that . And so obviously the | |
12:48 | Children but who else can benefit from oral reading fluency | |
12:51 | practice . And do you believe that it will help | |
12:54 | emergent readers ? Oh absolutely , absolutely . Um you | |
12:59 | know my book is um For 2nd and 3rd Grade | |
13:05 | Reading Level um so anyone who has issues with with | |
13:09 | fluency um or you know who needs help with understanding | |
13:13 | um you know different site will not understand but recognizing | |
13:16 | different sight words um are improving on the vocabulary absolutely | |
13:21 | . You know because this program and offers so many | |
13:22 | different components to where they're not just looking at words | |
13:27 | on the screen . There are , they're actually hearing | |
13:31 | the words pronounced for them and they're able to practice | |
13:34 | by recording themselves and hearing it . Um play it | |
13:38 | back . So this program is definitely um it's definitely | |
13:44 | useful for anyone who's having issues or need help with | |
13:49 | improving fluency for sure . It's that the process of | |
13:54 | seeing something , hearing it , speaking it , writing | |
13:58 | it and just doing all of that really helps it | |
14:01 | get ingrained in your mind . I mean I know | |
14:03 | from doing that trying to learn spanish as well . | |
14:05 | So . Oh yeah , so this position repetition is | |
14:10 | definitely what what helps things to like stick into your | |
14:13 | into your mind so exactly and hearing it and then | |
14:18 | hearing the way it's supposed to sound too because you | |
14:20 | might get stuck in your mind that it's supposed to | |
14:23 | be a certain way and then you hear your voice | |
14:25 | saying it's a proper way . So right , yeah | |
14:30 | , so she needed , this is the second book | |
14:32 | in the series . Right ? So what are your | |
14:35 | future stories ? Can you tell us a little bit | |
14:37 | about that ? Give us any sneak peek of the | |
14:40 | upcoming books ? Of course , of course , actually | |
14:43 | , my third book will be available june 21st that | |
14:47 | was going to be released . Um so that particular | |
14:51 | book is about little Army and Pepper going into outer | |
14:54 | space and taking a tour of the galaxy . So | |
14:58 | that's that's a really fun book . Um I do | |
15:01 | have , I actually wrote a total of nine books | |
15:03 | , so um we are Starting the illustration of book | |
15:11 | # four . so that will be released later this | |
15:14 | year . Um so yeah , we're just gonna keep | |
15:17 | keep things moving into law . nine books have been | |
15:20 | published . So it's an exciting process , definitely , | |
15:24 | wow . What an amazing space to being right now | |
15:27 | with the next one coming out , working on illustrations | |
15:30 | and I'm sure I'm excited and everyone , all of | |
15:32 | our readers will love to read about outer space and | |
15:36 | the next one . And so I have a special | |
15:40 | request for you . Thank you so much for being | |
15:42 | here today . But would you mind actually reading a | |
15:44 | page from your book for us ? Oh , not | |
15:48 | a problem at all . It just so happens I | |
15:49 | have it right here . So this is uh this | |
15:56 | is what is a dream um electing many opened up | |
16:02 | . Mhm . This couple . I need you . | |
16:07 | Okay . All right , so hopefully you can see | |
16:11 | that . Okay . Oh I love the illustration . | |
16:14 | Is that what you're wearing on your shirt too ? | |
16:17 | Yes yes it is . It's let's go dreaming . | |
16:21 | Um logo . Oh this is little Ari . So | |
16:29 | here we have one starry night when the sky was | |
16:33 | super bright . Little Ari climbed into bed and turned | |
16:37 | out the lights . Mm I wonder what I'll dream | |
16:45 | tonight . What place is ? Well , I go | |
16:47 | I guess until I close my eyes , I'll never | |
16:50 | really know what is the dream ? Asked the voice | |
16:55 | that came from down below . Ari looked at the | |
16:59 | floor in shock . Say it isn't . So Pepper | |
17:11 | was that you did you just speak for heaven's sake | |
17:15 | nah you're a dog . I'm not dreaming yet . | |
17:18 | I'm still awake . Pepper looked at Ari and tilted | |
17:23 | her head to the right , yep , I can | |
17:26 | talk that Pepper Given already quite a crisis . We'll | |
17:32 | leave it there . That means we need to read | |
17:36 | the rest if I know what happens . Yes . | |
17:39 | Find out what happens with little Ari and Pepper . | |
17:43 | Um Well thank you so much . I I love | |
17:46 | the characters and everything behind the story and just the | |
17:50 | reasoning and how you know , you realize your dream | |
17:53 | and it's about dreams . It's so exciting and we | |
17:56 | really appreciate you sharing that with lou most learning and | |
17:59 | with all of our readers and you know , using | |
18:03 | your book to help students become better readers is even | |
18:06 | more amazing . So you know , thanks again and | |
18:09 | we look forward to seeing the next version and all | |
18:13 | nine coming out soon . Thank you so much , | |
18:17 | darcy and it was such a pleasure speaking with you | |
18:20 | . Thank you so Anita , you as well have | |
18:22 | a wonderful rest of the day Youtube by . Thank | |
18:26 | you . |
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Help your child become a fluent reader with âWhat is a Dream?â powered by Lumos Reading Buddy. It's a childrenâs story that encourages young minds to dream and allows readers to explore the world through the eyes of Little Ari and her talking dog, Pepper authored by Shanita Allen. The Lumos Reading Buddy is an interactive oral reading fluency program that helps young readers enjoy the story and become fluent readers. The online program integrates speech processing technologies with machine learning to provide empathetic oral reading fluency support.
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