K: D is for Deployment: Ann raps it up
This book features a military family. This book looks like ‘T is for Training: Rosie's raps it up’ but features a different defence family. The activities in the
interactive are also different in each book.
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There are Canadian English and French versions of this storybook available here.
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Dr Nadya Rizk is the reader for the interactive version of this story. Nadya was born in a rural community in the north of Lebanon. She attended school in a northern city and then attended university in Beirut. She taught secondary school science there for a couple of years, before coming to Australia to further her studies in science education at UNE. She now lecturers pre-service teachers in science and technology. Nadya’s first language was Arabic, but she spoke French at school then English at university. You can learn how to say 'hello', 'goodbye', and 'see you later' in Arabic by listening to Nadya below.
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Read-along versions
Audio
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Video
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Dr Mutuota Kigotho is the video reader for this story. Mutuota was born in a rural community in Kenya. He attended school in Kenya and university in both Kenya and Australia. He taught in schools in Northern Territory and NSW before becoming a lecturer in English and literacies education. Mutuota is wearing his traditional Kenyan dress in the photo below. You can learn how to say 'good news' (as a greeting) and 'goodbye' in Swahili by listening to Mutuota in the recordings below.
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Personalised storybook templates
These templates are designed for parents/carers (or older siblings), educators or family workers to assist children in creating a personalised story that is an adapted version of the storybook in this module. To do this, you can:
- change the text as needed
- add photos
- add children's drawings,
- add decorations (e.g. collage materials (please avoid glitter for environmental reasons), including leaves, dried flowers, and feathers).
Read the finished storybook with your child(ren) often, then ask them to help you tell the story as you show relatives and friends (in person or via a video call). -
N.B. The interactives DO NOT work on phones. They are for iPads, tablets, PCs and Macs.
Before you use interactives with children, please make sure they:
1. know the story really well (at least read the book 4 times)
2. explore the interactives 5-10 pages at a time to deepen their understanding of specific ideas in the book.
For more information on why this is important, please view this video.