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The Icky Mr Fox

Mobile app

The Icky Mr Fox

What to do with this activity?

You can download and read "The Icky Mr Fox", a free story app, onto your smart phone. It's a story about a rabbit and a mole enjoying a cup of tea when they get interrupted.

Read it aloud to your child by muting the sound icon on the top left of each page. Or you might prefer, you can listen to the app's narrator and follow the words with your finger. Your child will love tapping and swiping the phone to interact with the characters.

To download to an android smart phone (not iPhones), click here. To download to an iPhone or iPad, click here

It's good to supervise your child when they are playing with your phone, and don't use it as a plaything too often. Keep it for a special treat or for when you are on the move together.  

  • Why am I doing this?

    Reading aloud combines the benefits of talking, listening and storytelling within a single activity and helps to build the foundation for language development. From stories your child learns many things such as how to listen and concentrate, new words and understand why things happen. They also learn to put ideas in order, develop their memory skills, notice how spoken words relate to words on the page and learn how to predict. Reading gives your child a chance to develop their own opinions, build visual skills and learn how to handle books.

  • How can I do more?

    If you can spare 10 minutes a day to read with your child you can make a huge difference to their development. You don’t have to read a book, you could read a comic, magazine article or a story you have made up yourself. The most important thing is that you enjoy it, that way your child will too.

    Remember a good storybook is one that you the reader and your child find interesting. It might be funny or entertaining. Ask yourself whether your child would enjoy it and be able to listen to it. Are the pictures well drawn? Is it well written? Do you like it? You may be the one reading it, over and over, and over!

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