| Quick pop quiz! How can you accomplish the following | | | | to listen, a skill very crucial for their academic |
| things with the push of a button: | | | | achievement. |
| Help your kids improve their reading skills? | | | | Audio books also let your child hear fluent reading with |
| Grow their vocabulary? | | | | a bit of flair... a lot of them are read by the author or |
| Help them sit quietly (willingly!)? and | | | | professional actors. |
| Entertain them too? | | | | If your child is struggling with reading, audio books |
| Easy- Play audiobooks! | | | | associate reading with pleasure...so important if your |
| That's right Mom and Dad, listening to books on tape | | | | child is to develop a lifelong love of reading! |
| provide all these benefits and more. | | | | Audio books help your child learn to visualize a story |
| Did you know that for a significant part of their | | | | by using their imagination instead of the pictures (in |
| childhood, your kids' intelluctual capacity will be greater | | | | contrast, watching television trains the brain to be lazy |
| than their reading ability? That means that they can | | | | and rely onimages). |
| understand material when it is read aloud to them that | | | | Why not get your child on the fast track to reading |
| they would not be able to read. Interesting isn't it? | | | | success with the push of the play button too? To get |
| My kids love audiobooks and I love that they love | | | | you started, here are some of my kids' favorite titles: |
| them. As a homeschooling Mom of 4 kids, I do a lot of | | | | Charlotte's Web (read by the Author, E.B. White) |
| reading aloud. Audiobooks give my voice a little break. | | | | The Jamie Lee Curtis collection (And I dare you to get |
| You can play books on tape when you're in the car | | | | through "Tell me about the night I was born" without |
| running errands. Naptime and bedtime are also favorite | | | | crying!) |
| times to listen to a story. (And if your kids are like mine, | | | | A New Coat for Anna |
| you wear out long before they do so books on tape | | | | The Maurice Sendak collection |
| are a lifesaver for helping them nod off after you've | | | | The B.F.G. by Roald Dahl |
| done the bedtime story!) | | | | Have fun listening together! |
| Listening to audio books strengthens your child's ability | | | | |