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Nell's Striped Hat
10 scenes · 20 talking words · 3 language levels
Tap the glowing spots in every scene to hear the words out loud.
About Nell's Striped Hat
Nell the otter opens a picnic basket under the pine, and her striped hat sails away. She follows it past the sandy shore, over the dock, through the reeds, and into a rocky inlet. After a gentle boat chase, Nell finds a beautiful new sunset picnic place.
- 10 narrated scenes
- 20 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
- 1Breeze by Lunchhat · basket
- 2Along the Cool Shorebucket · shell
- 3Across Soft Sandpail · shovel
- 4Tap on the Dockdock · rope
- 5Boat in Reedsboat · oar
- 6Bright Water Searchpaddle · goggles
- 7Lucky Net Scoopnet · stone
- 8New Picnic Placeblanket · grapes
- 9Golden Hour Sipslemonade · cup
- 10Lantern at Sunsetlantern · sandwich
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.
- hatH initial
- basketB initial
- bucketB initial
- shellSH initial
- pailP initial
- shovelSH initial
- dockD initial
- ropeR initial
- boatB initial
- oarvocabulary
- paddleP initial
- gogglesG initial
- netN initial
- stoneS initial
- blanketB initial
- grapesG initial
- lemonadeL initial
- cupK initial
- lanternL initial
- sandwichS 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
Nell's Striped Hat 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.