Each month Software Services 4 Education will showcase new innovative products or services from a range of suppliers and publishers. This month it is the awared winning cross curricular resources for use on Interactive Whiteboards, PCs and Apple Macs.

Who is Shoo Fly?

Shoo Fly believes 'that children learn through experience. Where life does not give us that experience we need to learn it from elsewhere. One of the most important roles of teachers is to offer children experiences through which they can learn. Children need to see themselves as unique individual who all have something to contribute to the world we share. In expressing themselves individually through the spoken and written word and the more abstract forms of performance, music and visual art children will learn that there is more than one answer to a problem and more than one path to personal fulfilment'.

Shoo Fly is committed to supporting schools in Scotland using their products and have recently produced materials to show how their Connected Learning Resources support Curriculum for Excellence. For more information or to receive a copy of these materials please email steveyoung@shooflypublishing.co.uk

Connected Learning Resources from Shoo Fly

All the Connected Learning Resources from Shoo Fly employ motion graphics and sound to engage children of all ages and abilities whilst promoting the joy of reading. Angel Boy uses powerful imagery, sensory experiences, music and role play to engge children and enrich the curriculum.

Each Connected Learning Resource comes with Animated Books, Interactive Library, Resource Bank of orgiginal photos and clip art, Handbook for Teachers and Audio Disc with sound effects and original music and songs. 

Angel Boy (P6 - P7, Mac and Windows)

Includes a transition project where teachers and children can come together, to safely explore issues around bully and create shared performances that celebrate friendship. Includes four animated books. 

  • Angel Boy - Told through the eyes of a boy experiencing bullying this story is represented as a page from a graphic novel.
  • Seal Skull - Inspired by the Scottish legend of the Selchie and narrated by a sixteen year old boy.
  • Wade -Told using contemporary music and sound effects to represent the legend of the Norse giant.
  • Gothic Tale - A narrative poem using animated text to explore the ancient legend of the vampire.

Jack and the Beans Talk (P4 - P5, Mac and Windows)

Jack and the Beans Talk re-tells a well-known fairytale imaginatively across the curriculum in a range of relevant subject areas. The animated book is designed as a narrative poem and engages the most reluctant of children with contemporary and humorous illustrations, sound effects and music. Children are motivated to read and write using role-play, artefacts and performance. The resource also raises awareness of environmental issues and fair trade.

 

Moon-bud-ees (P1, Mac and Windows)

The aim of Moon-bud-ees is to develop the creative responses of children by offering opportunities to explore, discover and learn. Ideas and activities support teachers in creating environments where children can be inquisitive, thoughtful, interested, caring, sociable and imaginative.

  • abc Animal Action Alphabet - An imaginative lower case alphabet. Using sound, action and image to teach initial letter sounds and develop language skills.
  • ABC Animal Action Alphabet - An extended version of the Animal Action Alphabet with upper case letters and sentence option as children begin to recognize and construct words.
  • No-bod-y Knows - This gentle action rhyme is sung as the Moon-bud-ee, No-bod-y travels through Space. Each page explores action words, round, under, onto, and across developing gross motor skills and spatial awareness.
  • Moon Jump! - Teachers and children take turns to read and join in this counting action rhyme.
  • My Friend Alien - A moving spy hole introduces children to stripes, spots and a creature with twenty-two eyes! This simple and engaging rhyme encourages children to listen, answer, predict, join in and MOVE!

Twisted Tales (P2 - P3, Mac and Windows)

Twisted Tales Connect Learning Resource features versions of two traditional stories: Little Red Riding Hood, a traditional European tale with many versions known the world over and The Ji-Jaller Bag, a regional take set in the North of England. Teachers are encouraged to explore other stories from different cultures around the world. The sharing of traditional tales, fairy tales, myths and legends, fables or dream tales from around the world will help children place themselves within their own and other cultures, extending their experiences and enriching their lives.

 

For more information on Shoo Fly Publishing and their products go to www.shooflypublishing.co.uk