Parent guide

How to Use Storyte11er

Storyte11er works best as a shared conversation. Add one word, read one sentence, then pause long enough for your child to think, explain, and connect the word to the story.

1. Add One Word at a Time

Type a vocabulary word, or use Random when you need inspiration. The app writes one new story sentence using that word in context.

Avoid rushing through lots of words. The learning happens in the pause after each sentence.

2. Ask What It Means

Before revealing the definition, ask: “What do you think this word means here?”

Encourage a guess from the sentence, even if it is not perfect. Inference is a key 11+ skill.

3. Check the Sentence

Ask your child to explain what is happening in the sentence. Who is acting? What changed? Why does the word fit?

If the sentence feels odd, talk about why. That discussion is useful vocabulary work too.

4. Use the Definition

Hover over, tap, or click the bold word to show a child-friendly meaning.

Then ask your child to say the meaning in their own words, not just repeat the tooltip.

5. Reinforce Naturally

Bring older words back into conversation: “Could we use diligent to describe what the character is doing now?”

Later pages reuse vocabulary so children meet words more than once, in different contexts.

6. Build the Story

Each page takes ten words and ten sentences. After a page is complete, unlock the picture.

A full book has five pages, fifty new words, a beginning, middle, ending, and “THE END”.

7. Revisit and Predict

Turn back to earlier pages and ask: “What has changed?” “What clue matters now?” “What might happen next?”

Prediction helps children read actively rather than simply follow the text.

8. Print for Revision

When the book is finished, create a cover, save it to the library, and print it.

The printed version works as a personal revision book, with the story, pictures, vocabulary, and meanings together.

A Simple Parent Script

  1. “Read the new sentence aloud.”
  2. “Which word is new?”
  3. “What do you think it means from the sentence?”
  4. “What is happening in the story now?”
  5. “Can you make your own sentence with that word?”
  6. “Does the word fit the story? Why?”