2 Apps for Children to Create Stories
Today we’re going to propose something fun, a list of apps for children to create stories. That way, when they ask us to read one to them, we can say: “How about you tell me yours?”.
To write their own story, children can do it in the traditional way with pencil and paper or they can use technology. How? With modern applications that allow them to create stories and also share them with their friends.
Today, we invite you to discover two excellent options!
The best apps for children to create stories
The digital world allows children to make up their own stories, with their own characters, music, and interactive elements. This makes the stories more entertaining.
Turn on your mobile, tablet, or computer and start exploring!
1. Storyjumper, personalized digital stories
This is an ideal web application to work with elementary school children and to encourage their literary creativity.
With this tool, children can go through the entire process of creating an illustrated digital, which can then be shared. It starts with a blank page or with the app templates, and from there, the children add all the information from the story: Texts, protagonists, sounds, and animations.
If you want, you can download the story and print it, although you have to pay for this option.
2. My Story School eBook Maker, a collaborative tool
Children from the age of 4 will enjoy creating their own stories with this application in a collaborative format (to work in groups) or individually.
The intuitive use of the app makes it easy for little ones to understand how to advance in adding drawings, texts, stickers, and sound to complete a great story.
You can download it from the App Store of any device with an iOS operating system.
Stories: An inexhaustible educational resource
From the beginning of humanity, stories have been part of culture. All people like to tell stories and this is a skill that can be taught, learned, and honed.
Apps for children to create stories are perfect for this. For this reason, they’re increasingly used in classrooms and also at home. They’re a very valuable resource to encourage children to develop their imagination and creativity.
In addition, their use helps children to practice literacy, understand how to order a story, and decide on possible endings. This way, little ones learn that each story can end in different ways.
“We need technology in every classroom and in the hands of every student and every teacher, because it’s the pen and paper of our time and it’s the lens through which we experience much of our world.”
-David Warlick-
The advantages of technology in education are becoming more and more evident! Learn how different programs or applications are used and take advantage of them to share with your children the activities they propose. You’ll see that these are increasingly interesting, entertaining, and of great educational value.
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