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ShortNCuddlyAm · 06-30-2009, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by kazbates

I would LOVE it if she would do that, but unfortunately and much to my total chagrin, she is not a big reader. I know all kids are different, but my older two were reading very early and never went anywhere without a book in hand. I'm sorry to say that I think the hand held gaming devices are ruining reading for many children.

Off topic alert (I'd use the emoticon, but it looks too grumpy)

You're quite probably right BUT those devices do have some good going for them - they are helping some youngsters engage with learning who might otherwise have fared less well. One of the areas the company I work for is involved in mobile learning (not in delivering it to the children, but to the teachers, researching the technology etc).

kazbates · 06-30-2009, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Off topic alert (I'd use the emoticon, but it looks too grumpy)

You're quite probably right BUT those devices do have some good going for them - they are helping some youngsters engage with learning who might otherwise have fared less well. One of the areas the company I work for is involved in mobile learning (not in delivering it to the children, but to the teachers, researching the technology etc).

Don't get me wrong, I love the leapster learning systems that are out there. Ryleigh had one, although, she's out grown it. It was a great way for her to learn while having fun. We've looked at the older aged Digi game but thought we would hold off getting it for her a little longer. It's the games like Pokemon, Kirby, etc. that she likes to play on her brother's old DS that drive me crazy. It's all she can talk about.

I've had to seriously limit her time on them. She has trouble focusing at school and is easily distracted so the last thing she needs is picachu messing with her head!

ShortNCuddlyAm · 06-30-2009, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by kazbates

Don't get me wrong, I love the leapster learning systems that are out there. Ryleigh had one, although, she's out grown it. It was a great way for her to learn while having fun. We've looked at the older aged Digi game but thought we would hold off getting it for her a little longer. It's the games like Pokemon, Kirby, etc. that she likes to play on her brother's old DS that drive me crazy. It's all she can talk about.

I've had to seriously limit her time on them. She has trouble focusing at school and is easily distracted so the last thing she needs is picachu messing with her head!

I'm not talking about the educational games, although they are good. I'm talking about using things like the DS, the PSP, the ipod etc as methods of engaging older students (and by older I'm talk 16+, so a little older than Ryleigh I suspect

). It was something I was sceptical about when I first heard of it, but talking to colleagues who are actually involved in it - it really does seem to be making a positive difference to some young people's lives.

But I'd far sooner children were reading or mucking about outside than playing handheld games all day!

GraceKrispy · 06-30-2009, 06:58 PM

Right now, I'm trying my darndest to get my butt off the computer! We were supposed to go to the pool, but turns out my son didn't turn on the dryer. So, since we share laundry facilities, it's either take the wet clothes up, or not go yet. So now I'll wait a few hours until both loads are dry, take the kids to hula and then to the pool for an evening swim. So that means I'm being super lazy. So I'm going to try now to get my bottom off this chair, leave the computer (esp since I notice *way* too many posts have me as the last poster) and GOOOOO

1.....2....

Moejoe · 06-30-2009, 07:31 PM

Currently rejoicing that I've got a night off and that the night is so warm and close that I might be anywhere else but England -- eyes closed this might be the Bahamas, the rains have just stopped, the night seems to have a slow steady heartbeat like the pounding of a drum...the drum...the drums.... a scream! The scream of a woman woken during a Voodoo wedding---

BRB, must...write....story....

Moejoe · 06-30-2009, 10:39 PM

Writing a story - After the Rains

The rains came. The steady drumbeat upon the hard stone courtyard, slapping the tin roof like the graceful drummers hands as they moved across congo skins. The heartbeat of music within that rain, music that travelled, seismic, to cause earthquakes in stomachs and bring down the solid cities of her mind.

nekokami · 07-01-2009, 11:14 AM

Sadly, there are not so many ebooks available for young readers yet. You might have to scan some of your collection. (I keep meaning to scan my Rumer Godden books.)

Still, plenty of kids are learning to read while playing with these games, too, and you can pick games that involve more reading (roleplaying games, for example). Or see what she thinks of Brain Age.

Or install one of the DS ebook readers and slip a few choice books in there.

LazyScot · 07-01-2009, 11:46 AM

I'm melting! Melting!

If anyone mentions the wicked witch of the west, I will make them wear patent red leather high heel shoes whilst climbing a mountain during the middle of the day, thereby returning to the real world....

kazbates · 07-01-2009, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

Sadly, there are not so many ebooks available for young readers yet. You might have to scan some of your collection. (I keep meaning to scan my Rumer Godden books.)

Still, plenty of kids are learning to read while playing with these games, too, and you can pick games that involve more reading (roleplaying games, for example). Or see what she thinks of Brain Age.

Or install one of the DS ebook readers and slip a few choice books in there.

I've thought about doing that, especially with the Encyclopedia Brown series which my older kids read so many times that the pages are coming out. If I don't get a teaching position for this coming school year, I have been thinking of learning to use the Book Designer software to help make some ebooks. As far as I'm concerned, I can never have enough hobbies!

nekokami · 07-01-2009, 11:59 AM

Another thought: try her on "interactive fiction" stories (again, these can be played on the DS with a bit of tweaking). Starcrossed and Suspended were my favorites of the old Infocom line, and there are still new ones being written every year.

She might also like the "Choose your own adventure" books, which are similar in concept.

Peverel · 07-01-2009, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by LazyScot

I'm melting! Melting!

If anyone mentions the wicked witch of the west, I will make them wear patent red leather high heel shoes whilst climbing a mountain during the middle of the day, thereby returning to the real world....

It is a tad warm around these parts, phew *wipes sweat pool off keyboard*

kazbates · 07-01-2009, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by LazyScot

I'm melting! Melting!

If anyone mentions the wicked witch of the west, I will make them wear patent red leather high heel shoes whilst climbing a mountain during the middle of the day, thereby returning to the real world....

You are SOooo kinky!

krisk · 07-01-2009, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by LazyScot

I'm melting! Melting!

If anyone mentions the wicked witch of the west, I will make them wear patent red leather high heel shoes whilst climbing a mountain during the middle of the day, thereby returning to the real world....

so is she a close relative?

badgoodDeb · 07-01-2009, 02:01 PM

I thought the patent red leather high heels sounded rather cool...... But not the mountain part. I don't do mountains.

krisk · 07-01-2009, 03:26 PM

oh YUM!!! I just had a hard boiled egg with LaVictoria salsa brava Hot taco sauce on it! I usually just do tabasco, this was YUMMMMMMM

06-30-2009, 06:58 PM	#6214
GraceKrispy It's Dr. Penguin now! Posts: 3,909 Karma: 4705733 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: (USA) Device: iPad mini, Samsung Note 3, Sony PRS-650 (rarely used now)	Right now, I'm trying my darndest to get my butt off the computer! We were supposed to go to the pool, but turns out my son didn't turn on the dryer. So, since we share laundry facilities, it's either take the wet clothes up, or not go yet. So now I'll wait a few hours until both loads are dry, take the kids to hula and then to the pool for an evening swim. So that means I'm being super lazy. So I'm going to try now to get my bottom off this chair, leave the computer (esp since I notice way too many posts have me as the last poster) and GOOOOO 1.....2....

06-30-2009, 07:31 PM	#6215
Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	Currently rejoicing that I've got a night off and that the night is so warm and close that I might be anywhere else but England -- eyes closed this might be the Bahamas, the rains have just stopped, the night seems to have a slow steady heartbeat like the pounding of a drum...the drum...the drums.... a scream! The scream of a woman woken during a Voodoo wedding--- BRB, must...write....story....

06-30-2009, 10:39 PM	#6216
Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	Writing a story - After the Rains The rains came. The steady drumbeat upon the hard stone courtyard, slapping the tin roof like the graceful drummers hands as they moved across congo skins. The heartbeat of music within that rain, music that travelled, seismic, to cause earthquakes in stomachs and bring down the solid cities of her mind.

07-01-2009, 11:14 AM	#6217
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Sadly, there are not so many ebooks available for young readers yet. You might have to scan some of your collection. (I keep meaning to scan my Rumer Godden books.) Still, plenty of kids are learning to read while playing with these games, too, and you can pick games that involve more reading (roleplaying games, for example). Or see what she thinks of Brain Age. Or install one of the DS ebook readers and slip a few choice books in there.

07-01-2009, 11:46 AM	#6218
LazyScot DSil Posts: 3,201 Karma: 6895096 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hants, UK Device: Kindle, Cybook	I'm melting! Melting! If *anyone* mentions the wicked witch of the west, I will make them wear patent red leather high heel shoes whilst climbing a mountain during the middle of the day, thereby returning to the real world....

07-01-2009, 11:59 AM	#6220
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Another thought: try her on "interactive fiction" stories (again, these can be played on the DS with a bit of tweaking). Starcrossed and Suspended were my favorites of the old Infocom line, and there are still new ones being written every year. She might also like the "Choose your own adventure" books, which are similar in concept.

07-01-2009, 02:01 PM	#6224
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,552 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	I thought the patent red leather high heels sounded rather cool...... But not the mountain part. I don't do mountains.

07-01-2009, 03:26 PM	#6225
krisk Wizard Posts: 2,148 Karma: 8229 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the road again Device: kindle	oh YUM!!! I just had a hard boiled egg with LaVictoria salsa brava Hot taco sauce on it! I usually just do tabasco, this was YUMMMMMMM