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Originally Posted by europas_ice
Thanks for all the ideas folks. You certainly bring up a lot of good points. I especially like the idea of reading to kids from the ebook -- that will surely get them started early.  |
It's a 'kill two birds with one stone" move. The main purpose is to simply get the kid interested in reading, period. If it also gets her into ebook readers, so much the better.
I was at an SF convention a while back, and the talk at the dinner table turned to declining literacy. I asked "How many folks at this table have folks who
read to you when you were kids?"
Every hand was raised.
I contrast that with my SO's older brother. He's a voracious reader. Mom isn't. Dad came home from work and plunked himself down in front of the TV till dinner was ready. Neither read to their two sons. Guess which example the kids followed? (Older son would go into a slack jawed trance when the TV went on.)
My mother read to me as a child, and told me later I had the idea well before being able to do it myself, as I'd say "Mommy, you missed
that part!" and point unerringly when she tried to skip a section to finish and get on to other chores faster. I've always read everything that didn't read me first, and I know where I got the habit.
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Dennis