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5 | 11.36% |
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4 | 9.09% |
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13 | 29.55% |
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8 | 18.18% |
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9 | 20.45% |
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2 | 4.55% |
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3 | 6.82% |
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Nice. She's pretty picky about her fanfiction, though. Generally it has to relate to the manga titles she likes.
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Until they're less expensive and fragile, early teens (12/13) for me. And I say this having given my elder son a PC on his fifth birthday (he was using mine too much! lol) and I allow both him and his youger brother (now 4 1/2) to play a little on the iLiad (they love drawing on it, and the 9-yr.old has done a few Sudokus). I think the flexible displays that are being developed will probably be great for little ones.
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Due to the fragile nature of digital devices, cost of such devices, and general lack of worry a kid shows when playing with toys, I wouldn't give one to anyone short of a High School student. Sure it would be great to give it to younger kids once they're capable of reading, but until a ruggedized device is made that can withstand a kid stabbing hard objects on the screen, beating on the device, dropping it, and carrying it around in a bag full of toys, nope, it's not gonna happen. Jr High might work, but it's just at that stage that kids tend to show more responsibility for what they have/own.
BTW If you're curious how I arrived at those examples, it's from teaching kids ranging from age 3 and up. By ruggedized, I mean something along the lines of a Leap Pad, they are pretty darn sturdy and can take a beating administered from the toughest little tykes. Edit: Instead of making a double-post... I really enjoyed the ideas presented by Dennis, and will keep them in mind when I have children, yet I have to beg to differ on the literacy issue posed in its relation to being read to as a child. The reason I argue this point is that none of my parents or grand-parents read to me while I was growing up, yet I took to reading with a voracious appetite. Even at this time in my life I can confidently state, and know, that my reading skills and vocabulary are well above the average individual's skill level. How did I achieve this? I'm not really too sure other than the fact that I was encouraged to read while I was a teen and I continued to do so throughout my life (you could probably chalk up the lack of cable TV to my interest in reading, 5 or 6 channels just didn't cut it ![]() Last edited by Azayzel; 10-07-2007 at 12:10 PM. Reason: Didn't want to double-post... |
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Before you even think about ebook readers for the kid, you need a kid that wants to read. Too many folks see reading as a chore, to be done because they have to, and not because it's fun. For them, it's not fun. Kids are just like the young of any other species: the earliest learning is mimicking the adults around them. You get kids into desired habits by setting examples for them to follow, and reading to them is one of the best ways I can think of to get across the idea that reading is fun and something they will want to do, too. ______ Dennis |
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Individuals vary, of course, but the correlation between being read to as a child and strong reading skills later is quite strong in research. That doesn't mean no one can become a good reader without being read to, obviously. (I apparently took to reading on my own before my mother had a chance to try it!) But generally speaking, reading to your kids is one of the best ways you can improve overall academic achievement. And I agree that if you use an ebook reader to do it, you're quite likely to model that as a suitable way to read, and you'll also be modeling proper care of electronic devices.
I agree that the flexible displays will help with regard to durability, though I guess the OLPC is supposed to be pretty tough. But my 13 year old daughter has had my eBw 1150 for about 6 months now and it's still working fine. I think it depends on the kid. She does leave it on the floor, but apparently she knows perfectly well where it is and hasn't stepped on it. (I leave my iLiad on the floor, too, next to the bed under a shelf where I can't accidentally walk, so I can't really chide her on this one.) |
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I'd like to add that I wouldn't allow an eReader to be taken to school, theft and all.
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I voted 1st grade, but it's really much earlier. My son just turned 4 and reads books (with pictures LOL) on my 505. But then again, when some of his friends are over I hide the reader. So it's individual, how carefully the kid can handle the reader. My son is used to being around aibo, uses the dvd player and my Palm handheld, so it's natural to him to be careful with more fragile stuff.
That said, I don't think he grasps the book list - the individual books should have anicon or something so he could recognize them as the books. But reading and turning pages works fine. I wish there was a 'user profile' option on the 505, so I could have a 'guest' type account for (1) showing to people that tap and press buttons indiscriminately when looking at the reader (2) setting up a simplified interface for kids with just a few books, delete disabled etc. |
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I taught 7th grade Reading just before moving to Peru.
I can't emphasize enough how important reading (and a Reading course) is to the intellectual development of our young children. If I could, I'd lobby every school district in the country to supply more money for more reading materials, more computers, along with ebook Readers to add to their learning development. Don |
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![]() On a slightly different note, does anyone think that schools could save money long term by switching over to ebooks rather than pbooks? Or would it just be more expensive overall? |
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Besides, when would you start doing it? Kindergarten? First grade? Later? There would still be pbooks in the mix. I don't see this happening any time soon, nor do I necessarily think it should. ______ Dennis |
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My nephew is 6, but he loves to read on my Kindle. We searched the age appropriate areas on Amazon for Chapter books for him, but all of the samples so far only contain the publishing info (idjits). I won't buy what I can't "sample" when it comes to ebooks, so... so far, no reader for him!
He Likes that he can make the font bigger for his books... it seems to help with letter definition (hmm... wonder if maybe he needs glasses ![]() Umm, so to actually Answer the question, I'd say around 6 with supervision and If we could find books for him to read! |
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