# Why these words?

### At-a-glance

##### Screening, Assessment and Curriculum

Story Friends

##### Topics

Communication & language, Literacy & reading, RTI/tiered instruction and interventions

##### Resource Types

Tip sheets

##### Author

Howard Goldstein, Ph.D., CCC-SLP & Elizabeth Spencer Kelley, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

##### Year

2016

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Can young children really learn the challenging words in Story Friends—and why should they? Here are five reasons why the developers chose the words in Story Friends, and why learning these words will help prepare children for success in school and life.

[View the tip sheet](/content/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Story_Friends_Why_These_Words_Summer17.pdf)