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12-27-2011, 08:19 PM | #16 |
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I doubt it.
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12-28-2011, 01:07 AM | #17 |
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My son (10) got a nook simple touch for Christmas this year. We did look at the Nook Color/Tablet but decided that a dedicated book reading device was a better fit for his age. Yea the Tablets are nice but they are also full of distractions that we felt would be too tempting for him to ignore when he needs to be reading books not playing games/surfing the web/watching moves/ect..
As far as kid books go our only requirement, that he agreed to, was that he had to get his AR (Advanced Reader) books read first before he could read just for fun. It should be noted though that most everything he wants to read is on the AR book list so this should not be a problem. Anyways back to the books so far pretty much every thing he has been reading this year has been available as an E-Book so I'm not too concerned about finding content for him. |
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12-28-2011, 01:21 AM | #19 |
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While I do agree that read along books and interactive books will most likely become very popular with parents. I'm not trying to start a war here but what I worry about is parents giving the kids a device and letting it do the work instead of sitting down and reading with there kids themselves. But then again allot of parents already don't read to there kids so maybe for them this will be a good thing. In our house hold though our kids would miss reading with mom or dad.
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It's a long time ago, but I can remember always reading my children to bed, and would be happy to do that with an ebook reader if I had any grandchildren. |
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Possibly if I could find a few reasonable interactive on the android at reasonable prices it might be OK on the rare occasion, but right now my kids love sitting down and reading a book. My little 2 year old whilst capable of flicking through an iPod with ease loves going through her bookshelf looking for a book she wants us to read to her. I feel with my children that electronic books would remove some of that excitement from them. When they grow up and are more interested in reading a book themselves I might look at ebooks, but not right now when reading books to our kids involve more than just reading words aloud to them, it is a whole interactive and learning time between my wife and I with our kids. Looking at a screen I feel will detract from such a positive activity and influence. |
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12-28-2011, 08:36 AM | #22 |
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We gave our daughter (10) a Cybook Opus for Christmas and she has been gobbling up ebooks since Christmas Eve. She does use my wife's iPad 2 for games but the Opus is clearly her favourite for reading. The reader will certainly cut down her luggage requirements for the next vacations.
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12-28-2011, 09:19 AM | #23 |
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I read to both my kids from e-readers.
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12-28-2011, 03:06 PM | #24 |
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I would just like to add that we bought the Opus because it was available in bright, friendly colours and the slightly rounded form fits well into a child's hands. Some readers look rather austere. Clearly the industry doesn't consider children as relevant customer group yet.
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12-28-2011, 03:12 PM | #25 |
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Three of my five nieces/nephews have e-readers that they read on pretty regularly. The range from 8 - 13. I sent e-books as Christmas gifts this year.
I would guess that childrens e-books are going to take off in the very near future. I have seen plenty of parents sitting with their young child (Like my 18 month old nephew) and allowing them to use an IPad. Whats not to say that they wouldn't like to put books on it so they can read to him on the plane or in the car more easily? |
12-28-2011, 03:24 PM | #26 |
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We gave a Kobo Vox to both of our girls this year (both age 7). They voraciously tore through the books that were on them (including the free dessert cookbook), and are looking for more. Magic Tree House e-books, here we come!
I installed an app locker on the Voxes (Voxi???) , and locked out the WiFi and other apps I felt were not appropriate (ie Facebook, YouTube etc). However, I did install Angry Birds and Cut the Rope in my bid to win the "Coolest Dad Ever" award |
12-28-2011, 05:21 PM | #27 | |
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The only problem with was the lack of illustrations in the ebooks. The boys are not crazy about the missing pictures. There are only a couple of pictures in a book, but the kids love those few pages. In a couple of years I could see them reading from ereaders, but the illustrations are to important right now. So I try not to read from it to often. Mix those in with library books or books we have. |
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12-28-2011, 05:53 PM | #28 |
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Fragile paper books ???
When I think of the treatment so-called fragile paper books went through during our son's early years, up to 8/9 especially, AND still survive, by the way,I laugh, thinking of how many replacement readers I would have had to buy !
Wet gardens, sloppy food, bathtime, picnics, left out in a shower, dogs, and dog baskets, parties, MUD , camping out, cycling, the top bed in bunks (!), high-chairs, salt/sea/sand/rockpools/rocks......etc... Yes, right, great idea.... Present-day devices, in my opinion, just aren't robust enough for most active children's life-styles. And a socking great picture book is a wonderful exerience for parent and child. Not much fun in reading with a child on a reader, surely. Oops, yes, it's dropped on the floor again.... We couldn't have afforded the "risk" - and certainly wouldn't have wanted to curtail our off-spring's exhuberance ! Although I suppose it could be argued they aren't as active any more ! |
12-28-2011, 07:16 PM | #29 |
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Most children, active and otherwise, have tons of electronic equipment, including lots of portable electronic equipment. I don't know why they'd have more trouble taking care of an e-reader than a Nintendo DS.
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