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Lulu's Turn Shell

11 scenes · 22 talking words · 3 language levels

Tap the glowing spots in every scene to hear the words out loud.

About Lulu's Turn Shell

Lulu the lamb bounds through the gate with two playground pals. A shiny shell in the sand becomes their turn token, leading them from ladder to swing, slide to ball chase. After a puddle plop and a fountain rinse, sunset sends the shell safely home.

What happens, scene by scene

  1. 1Through the Gategate · path
  2. 2Moss Climbs Firstladder · bridge
  3. 3Lulu Takes Swingswing · tire
  4. 4Whistle for Slidesslide · whistle
  5. 5A Shiny Findshell · rake
  6. 6Run by Fenceball · fence
  7. 7Plop in Puddlepuddle · leaf
  8. 8Cool Fountain Stopfountain · cup
  9. 9Pip Picks Seesawseesaw · flower
  10. 10Tiny Sip Breakbench · thermos
  11. 11Sunset Zip Homebackpack · zipper

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.

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 Playground Day

Lulu's Turn Shell is one of four stories set in Playground Day. They share the same illustrated world and none of them tells the same tale twice.

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Reviewed by a licensed speech-language pathologist.