1/14/2024 0 Comments Listen and read along books![]() ![]() Since we borrowed ours from the library, we didn’t have our own charging station for them but we had them for three weeks without needing to re-up on power! You can play, pause, go forward and back, and change the volume all with easy buttons, and they last for a long time without needing to be charged. They are so simple to use that my three-year-old was able to figure them out almost immediately. They also reinforce a love for books and stories! All of these things help build a strong reading foundation. Though these books aren’t meant to help with teaching children how to read or even supporting beginning reading skills, they are great for building pre-reading skills, like turning pages and listening. This provided a positive sense of empowerment around books and really strengthened her independence. She could listen and turn the pages to the sound cue without help and really feel like she was being read to while still having ownership over the book. They were fun for my youngest to enjoy on her own since she could make the story play whenever she wanted. I love that the mechanism doesn’t inhibit your ability to read the book on its own because all of the books we tried were good in and of themselves so we were able to enjoy reading them many times without the books “talking” to us too. We borrowed a bunch for our local library, including Dress Like A Girlby Patricia Toht and Lorian Tu-Dean, The Tiny Baker by Hayley Barrett and Alison Jay, Going Places by Peter and Paul Reynolds, Sometimes Rain by Meg Fleming and Diana Sudyka, and Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall. Here’s why For Younger Children, Toddler/Preschool and Up, Try Read Alongs: ![]() Both are fantastic ways to get more books into your kids’ hands, even if they aren’t reading yet. ![]()
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