Audio Books For Kids
Audio books are becoming more and more popular as people with no time to sit back and read a book make the most of iPods and MP3 players to listen to the latest bestseller as they rush through their every day lives. Where is the place of audio books for kids though, at a time when we are struggling to market literacy for all and encourage kids to read?
Audio books can work very well alongside printed books for children which have grasped the basics of reading but need to develop vocabulary. They can sit down using the printed book and follow the text as they listen to it being read on a CD or MP3 download.
Not only does the reading aloud bring the story to life, at a time when slowness of reading abilities can frustrate children once they are trying to make out a plot line, but it indicates that they can cope with more complicated vocabulary than they might otherwise have the ability to.
Hearing a book read aloud as an audio book teaches them the right pronunciation of words that may otherwise be hard to work out from the complexities of English spelling.
By listening to the same story over and over as kids love to do, they can memorize it and will all of a sudden find that they are able to really ‘read’ the printed book with the assistance of their memory. This soon translates to real reading as word recognition increases.
Obviously if parents have time to read out loud to their children this is invaluable in developing a love of reading, but today when we are hard-pressed to find the time for more than a quick bed-time story, audio books give us another way of satisfying our children’s demand for more stories and give them the love of good books and the determination to learn to read themselves. I don’t think that audio books should replace studying to your kids, nothing can be much better than snuggling up to Mom or Dad on the sofa, but they can supplement reading time when Mom or Dad are too busy to sit still!.
Another perfect method to use audio books for kids is on long car journeys. Take along a few preferred audio books as MP3 downloads and as long as every kid has his very own MP3 player you can get through hours of tedious driving with barely a complaint!
I truly do recommend that each child should have their very own system though. In the event you expect them to use the car CD system you will wind up listening to endless squabbles over what to listen to next. Either that or you will be screaming with boredom as they repeat exactly the same favorite story for the ninety-ninth time!
The huge range of books available as audio books, from Harry Potter to Roald Dahl, means that there’s something for every age group and endless variety, from the classics like Winnie the Pooh and the Narnia series to the latest Philip Pullman.
If you want to build up a collection of kids’ audio books in an affordable way think about joining a web-based audio book club, where for a reasonable monthly fee you can download one or more books each and every month, based on your membership plan. Your only problem will probably be in resisting the enticing books on offer for adults and heading over to the kids’ section!
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