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Originally Posted by ficbot
But that is not 'learning to read' so much as 'learning to play a game' or 'learning to use a computer.' They are different things. A book is a type of manipulative. An iPad is a type of technology. They are simply not the same things. I am not talking about 'developing a love of reading' or 'bonding with books.' I am talking about the skills a pre-reader needs to acquire (and demonstrate) in order to assess their readiness to learn to read. That cannot be replicated with technology. Once they *are* reading, that can.
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Since when is play a bad way to learn? Are younsure you are an expert on child education? Next thing you'll advocate removing pictures from kids books because that's not reading either.
I guess we should stop producing Sesame Street as well.
On an iPad you have every thing you have with a book except perhaps a popup book. You don't have to have animation...but you have that option. You don't have to have music...but you have the option.
All the bonding you see happening with physical books is merely because that was all we had. Kids will love their ebooks just as much and perhaps more. Well, once you get past the book as chew toy and teether stage
Lee