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Fern's Water Pinwheel
12 scenes · 24 talking words · 3 language levels
Tap the glowing spots in every scene to hear the words out loud.
About Fern's Water Pinwheel
Fern the fawn brings a bright pinwheel in her wagon and tests the sleepy summer breeze. On the dock, a lively gust sends it onto the lake. With Buddy, a little boat, and patient rowing, Fern rescues it, dries it, builds a sandy jar stand, and hears its sunset hum.
- 12 narrated scenes
- 24 tappable talking words
- 3 language levels: word, phrase, sentence
- Ages 3–7
- Theme: Seasons and weather
- Free, no login, nothing locked mid-story
What happens, scene by scene
- 1Wagon to the Lakewagon · pinwheel
- 2Cool Shade Testsunscreen · tree
- 3Snack and Waitpear · thermos
- 4Spin on the Dockdock · pinwheel
- 5Reach and Driftfloat · vest
- 6Buddy Holds Steadyboat · rope
- 7Row into Glimmeranchor · oar
- 8Current by the Rocksfishing rod · worm
- 9Drying in Shadetowel · apple
- 10Jar Standjar · spoon
- 11First Sunset Humsmelon · plate
- 12Evening Sip and Spinchair · cup
Words your child will hear and say
Every scene hides two tappable pictures. Tap one and it says its word out loud, then it is your child's turn.
- wagonW initial
- pinwheelP initial
- sunscreenS initial
- treeT initial
- pearP initial
- thermosTH initial
- dockD initial
- floatF initial
- vestV initial
- boatB initial
- ropeR initial
- anchorvocabulary
- oarvocabulary
- fishing rodF initial
- wormW initial
- towelT initial
- applevocabulary
- jarJ initial
- spoonS initial
- melonM initial
- plateP initial
- chairCH initial
- cupK initial
Want to practise a specific sound instead? Open Practice in the story toolbar and pick any of the 26 sound decks — Buddy brings five cards from it into this story, without leaving the page.
How to read it together
Start at the right level
Level 1 is single words for early talkers. Level 2 is short phrases. Level 3 is full storybook sentences. Switch any time, even mid-scene — the art stays put and only the language changes.
Let them find the words
Two glowing spots hide in every scene. Tap one, hear the word, then pause and wait — the wait is where your child's turn happens.
Session-ready
Therapist mode mutes the narration and lays out each scene's target words with their speech-sound tags, so a clinician models and elicits every word live.
More stories in Long Summer Day
Fern's Water Pinwheel is one of four stories set in Long Summer Day. They share the same illustrated world and none of them tells the same tale twice.