The most basic and lowest-technology version of STK is
the book and CD combination. The CD plays in any standard audio CD player. The
book includes the script in big bold letters and the audio cues in smaller letters within parenthesis. So when the child hears the
reader say, “Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,” she will also hear the sound
effect of Humpty falling. This is also a great way to read to large groups of
children in a class room or library situation.
STK is the patent pending treatment performed on children’s tales so
the reader’s voice is featured and timed to sound effects and music. The
concept is the same for all levels of technology used; the child hears a familiar
voice reading a story while sound effects are timed to what is happening within
the story. So when Humpty Dumpty takes a great fall or the dish runs away with the spoon, that’s what you hear.
