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Originally Posted by kazbates
Children are remarkably receptive to new technology and are very quick to pick up the nuances of usage. If they are reading something on a touch screen, the learn to follow along without actually touching the screen.
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I don't think I would want them to 'learn' not to follow along with their finger. That is how they read at that age. An older child, I can definitely see them using an ebook reader, but I just don't see it as being a good literacy program for young children. As a supplement,it may have uses. But I would not want to use it as the sole reading program for a five-year-old, no matter how good the technology gets. Think of it like math, they still make them learn ow to do it the paper and pencil way, even though we have calculators, because they want them to understand how to actually do it before introducing the technical aids. I say let emergent readers touch, look and browse the paper books on their own before introducing technology into it.