Collection: Histoires à trous

Histoires à trous are designed for children aged 3 and up who enjoy actively participating in stories and who develop their language through interaction.

They are suitable for both typically developing children and children with language difficulties.

They are particularly well-suited for:

• children who enjoy completing sentences and participating in reading
• children who enjoy telling stories independently
• children who learn best in an active and interactive context
• children who will soon begin to learn reading and writing
• children with pronunciation difficulties

These books are used at home, in daycare, in kindergarten, as well as in speech therapy and special education, individually or in small groups.

Histoires à trous are interactive books where certain words in the text are replaced by pictograms that the child must complete.

Each book targets a specific sound, which is found in all the words to be completed, whether at the beginning, middle, or end of the word.

The parent reads the story, following the text with their finger, and pauses when a pictogram appears, to prompt the child to say the corresponding word.

The method is based on:

• 10 targeted words (pictograms), repeated multiple times throughout the story
• a strong presence of the target sound throughout the text
• colored letters to highlight the connection between sounds and letters

At the end of each book, additional activities allow the child to practice the sound in other fun contexts.

Histoires à trous are true tools for language development and fostering early literacy.

They help with:

• pronouncing the featured sound, thanks to targeted words and their repetition
• phonological awareness, thanks to the auditory bombardment of the sound
• print awareness, thanks to highlighted letters and finger-tracking the text
• narrative skills, thanks to the repetitive structure that allows for anticipation and storytelling

They concretely prepare children to learn to read, while strengthening their participation in reading.

Children love Histoires à trous because they don't just listen: they actively participate in the reading process.

Thanks to the repetitive structure, they anticipate what's coming next and quickly gain confidence.

They particularly enjoy:

• completing the sentences themselves
• recognizing pictograms
• actively participating on each page

This allows them to develop a strong sense of:

• competence
• autonomy
• and even "reading like grown-ups"

Histoires à trous are true ready-to-use intervention tools.

They allow you to effectively work on several language objectives in a single activity.

They offer:

• precise targeting (1 book = 1 sound)
• a high number of repetitions (up to several dozen productions per reading)
• a motivating and structured activity

They are particularly appreciated because they:

• promote active participation, even among children who speak little
• adapt to different contexts (daycare, classroom, speech therapy)
• require no preparation time
• offer supplementary material to vary activities

The length of the stories is also adapted to the attention span of children aged 3 and over, which helps maintain their engagement from beginning to end.