Martha Speaks

Martha's Stories

Ages 6 - 8

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  Martha Speaks

  In the Park with Skits

  Ages: 6 - 8

  Skills:

  • Storytelling,
  • Vocabulary

  Devices:

  • Online Game
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  Description
  Help Skits sniff out objects in a park and learn a ton of new vocabulary. But watch out for the cats hiding everywhere. Bump into them, and the game is over!

  Learning Goals
  Building vocabulary

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  Pup Talk

  Ages: 6 - 8

  Skills:

  • Storytelling

  Devices:

  • Online Game
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  Description
  Kids narrate their own three-part animated stories (requires a computer microphone). The stories are recorded for them to play back.

  Learning Goals
  Learning the parts of a story

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  Story Maker

  Ages: 6 - 8

  Skills:

  • Storytelling,
  • Vocabulary

  Devices:

  • Mobile
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  Description
  Create your own Martha-rized fairy tales. Players choose characters, settings, and actions to create a five-page interactive pop-up Martha-rized fairy tale, which they can save and replay.

  Learning Goals
  Identifying the key elements of a story; building vocabulary

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  Town Crier

  Ages: 6 - 8

  Skills:

  • Vocabulary,
  • Writing

  Devices:

  • Interactive Whiteboard,
  • Online Game
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  Description
  See what it would be to like to work for a newspaper by writing stories and making your own newspaper front page. Play it on a home computer or as a classroom activity using an interactive whiteboard.

  Learning Goals
  Understand the key elements and writing styles (narrative and expository) of a newspaper

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  Word Spinner

  Ages: 6 - 8

  Skills:

  • Storytelling,
  • Vocabulary

  Devices:

  • Mobile
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  Description
  Martha hosts this family-friendly, multiplayer online board game that combines elements of party classics. Open-ended play allows kids and grown-ups to enjoy telling and acting out crazy stories using new words.

  Learning Goals
  Building vocabulary, recognizing the parts of a story, categorizing objects

• Martha Speaks: Mixed-Up Headlines

  Skills:

  • Vocabulary,
  • Writing

  Explore a newspaper, and then give its headlines a creative makeover.

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• Martha Speaks: Sharing Family Stories

  Skills:

  • Storytelling

  Open up your family history book by connecting your child to a family story.

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• Martha Speaks: Silly Sentences

  Skills:

  • Vocabulary,
  • Writing

  Build vocabulary and writing skills by collecting “word bones” from a newspaper.

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• Martha Speaks: Silly Story Builder

  Skills:

  • Storytelling

  Create silly stories by drawing story parts out of a bag.

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Martha Speaks is an animated series on PBS KIDS. Aimed at viewers between the ages of four and seven, Martha's educational goal is to teach kids new words. Based on the children's book series by Susan Meddaugh and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the series stars Martha, a beloved family dog. She is accidentally fed alphabet soup — this gives her the power of speech and the chance to speak her mind to anyone who will listen.

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