My son hates reading! How to improve my son'sreading skills
It is a fact the many persons hated reading as children. Merely a few juveniles appreciate reading, especially if there is an option.
Now, children's audiobooks come in digital file formats like MP3 which allows one to listen to audiobooks through ipods that have Canities friendly towards spoken words files. With all these advancements, one can enjoy an audiobook, anywhere and anytime.
Let me put it right, this does not mean that they do not need to read anymore. Reading is still of importance!
Many schools have now taken audio books not just to the homes of their students but also in the classrooms.
By listening to audiobooks children are presented with an opportunity to hear language thereby providing them with models for the correct use of grammar and also giving them the chance to hear the correct pronunciation of new or difficult words.
Below are 5 specific benefits of using audio books for childrens:
1. Using audio books to teach children in school gives them "variety". Instead of just listening to their teacher, they benefit from the change that comes with "another" teacher.
2. Using audio books to teach kids in school will give the teachers more time to prepare for the next lesson. The teachers can play the audio book for the children while doing something else.
3. There are certain audio book rental services on the Internet, such as Jiggerbug.com that allows teachers to rent as many audio books as possible at very low cost. This is much more cost effective than having to buy even a single audio book.
4. Children don't particularly like printed books as much as they do audio books. It feels much more comfortable for them to "listen" to an audio book than "read" a book.
5. Audio books also have children deal with the pronunciation of certain words that they would have difficulty with when merely reading them. By hearing the pronunciation and seeing it printed, they would better grasp it.
No wonder more schools are embracing the technology of audio books for teaching their children. And with services available freely on the Internet now, it is now more cost effective than ever.
NoPaperback.com is the blog of Audado.com. Download the Juvenile Catalog. Audado offers over 5,000 downloadable audio books from major publishers such as BBC, Harper-Collins, Simon and Schuster, and Time Warner. Books are organized by categories like biography, fiction, history, humor, religion, and self help.
Published January 9th, 2008
Filed in Family
