Her research has found that parents often become more controlling, concentrating more on what their child is doing with the device instead of talking about the story.įocusing a child's attention. The music, animation, and games that are loaded into kids’ e-books can end up being more distracting than useful, says Lisa Guernsey, director of the early education initiative at the New America Foundation. While she thinks e-books are great for independent readers, she’s not as sure how good they are for preschoolers and kindergartners. “These reading experiences can set the stage for later reading success,” says Julia Parish-Morris, a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania who studies how young children interact with e-books. “Technology is a beautiful box but it is still a box,” he says.įalling in love with reading. Cuddling with a parent over a book or gathering around the teacher for storytime helps kids associate reading with nurturing. If they’re only exposed to e-readers, kids lose the tactile experience of handling a traditional book, turning its pages, or sharing their faves with friends. Some experts, including Taylor, worry that devices can distance little kids from the real world. PLUS: 7 BOOKS TO TEACH KIDS ABOUT DIVERSITY Here’s how you can inspire your reader with both options.
You don’t build a house with only one tool,” says Otis Kriegel, a fifth-grade teacher in New York City and the author of Covered in Glue: What New Elementary School Teachers Really Need to Know. But don’t give those storybooks the heave-ho just yet. Still, there are signs that e-readers can have a positive effect on newbie readers, especially when it comes to targeted learning based on each child’s ability.
Since there’s not much research out there, it may be years before we understand the impact of tech devices on young readers. Parents are conflicted, too - 68 percent prefer that their 6- to 8-year-olds read print books, Scholastic found. But should we try to slow it down? When it comes to the youngest readers, some experts are skittish about putting tablets into tiny hands. “We are not going to stop this train,” says psychologist Jim Taylor, Ph.D., author of Raising Generation Tech. Once products targeted primarily at adults, e-reading devices have expanded to include a younger audience: children. What happened next surprised her: From the moment her son held the device and began to scroll through a book, he was transfixed. She wasn’t a big fan of the extra screen time it would mean for her preschooler, but Moore justified the purchase as a stopgap solution. That’s when she reluctantly bought a Nook, loading titles for both of them onto it. But they would be away for a few weeks - how could she bring only a few?
He had dozens, and she knew they’d be too heavy to take along. When Maggie Moore, a suburban Denver mom, was literally weighing her packing options for a family trip, she was stumped by her 4-year-old son’s stack of favorite books.
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