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Vooks

URL

https://www.vooks.com


DESCRIPTION

Streaming library of animated children's storybooks with accompanying lesson plans and activities.


TOOLS & FEATURES

  • Animated books to read  
  • Browse & search feature  
  • Each book comes with a summary and activities eg. summary, activities, parent connection, talking points, activity sheets.  
  • Books provide age level, guided reading level, themes, ideas, discussion questions. 
  • Some books have a pause & ponder feature where it tells when to pause & provide discussion questions for parents to ask child. 


OTHER INFORMATION

  • Free month trial for parents, then paid 
  • Free year trial for teachers, then paid

Users note, this resource

  • Is not FOIPPA compliant (server outside of Canada)
  • Collects personal information
  • Collects computer information (IP address and location)
  • Is free for a limited period of time (COVID dependent)
  • Requires sign-up for a free account


CATEGORIES: ParentsStudentsTeachers

ACCESS STEPS

For Teachers: 

  1. Open an internet browser and navigate to https://www.vooks.com/ 
  2. Scroll down to "We love Teachers"  
  3. Click on "check out our teacher promo"  
  4. Sign up, fill out form and submit  
  5. They will send you an email saying they are setting up your account and with further instructions. 

For Students: 

A parent needs to set up a Vooks account or receive information from your teacher. 


For Parents: 

  1. Vooks is offering a free one month trial.  
  2. Parents must include their credit card to sign up for the free trial and cancel within a month to avoid a monthly charge on their credit card.  
  3. Open internet browser and navigate to https://www.vooks.com/  
  4. Click "get 1 month free" and then, start your 30-day free trial.  
  5. This is where parents add their credit card  
  6. Parents will be emailed instructions for accessing their trial account. 

PASSWORDS

Note: After you click one of the buttons below, you'll be prompted to log in to your Surrey Schools account