By U READY, TEDDY?
Audio books are a great alternative to TVs + iPads. With no screens to look at, children can listen to their favorite stories with their eyes closed to help relax before bed.
With no pictures or visual imagery, audiobooks allow children to use their own imagination to picture characters + scenes in stories.
Audiobooks leave little hands free to play or draw while listening to their favorite stories. They are also free to move around the room instead of sitting still.
Children need to pay attention + listen closely to audiobooks so they don't miss important parts of the story.
Much like listening to a parent or teacher read aloud, audiobooks expose children to a richer vocabulary than they would normally hear in their daily lives.
Audiobooks are generally narrated with extra expression to keep children's attention. Listening to proper pacing, fluency + expression in the audiobooks can help children begin to model these skills in their own reading.
Audiobooks take up little to no space when compared to traditional books. The Yoto player, for example, is small + compact. The books themselves are on small cards or in an app.