Comments on: Learning to Love Audiobooks https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/learning-to-love-audiobooks/ Screen-Free Activities and Books for Kids Fri, 24 Jul 2020 22:25:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Erica https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/learning-to-love-audiobooks/#comment-427576 Fri, 24 Jul 2020 22:25:03 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=13879#comment-427576 In reply to Christina Leonard.

Anything that keeps the kids from bickering is a win!

]]> By: Christina Leonard https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/learning-to-love-audiobooks/#comment-427574 Fri, 24 Jul 2020 21:37:57 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=13879#comment-427574 My family also loved audio books, and it was a great way to enjoy literature that was "above" their current reading levels. I will admit: we started listening to them in the car as a way to keep the 3 children from bickering constantly. Pretty soon it was "Sshh! The book is starting!!" and then...silence except for the book. Bliss!

]]> By: Jillian https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/learning-to-love-audiobooks/#comment-262082 Sun, 04 Sep 2016 19:57:47 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=13879#comment-262082 In reply to Amy // Sunlit Pages.

I realize it's been almost a year since your comment, but THANK YOU! Despite my current love for audio books, I didn't really listen to them growing up... the one exception being those 4 classical music stories on cassette tape, which I listened to on seemingly endless repeat. For some reason I never thought to seek them out on an updated format until reading this comment. Now that I have a child of my own, I can't wait to introduce him to them on CD or MP3. Thanks for the reminder and the walk down memory lane. 🙂

]]> By: Jeanene https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/learning-to-love-audiobooks/#comment-154678 Sun, 28 Feb 2016 23:58:11 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=13879#comment-154678 Linked to this post in my post Try, Try Again: How I Learned to Love Audiobooks

]]> By: Steff https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/learning-to-love-audiobooks/#comment-148686 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 16:39:32 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=13879#comment-148686 Love this post! My kids love listening to Tales2go for audio books. We use the app but they have a desktop site too. They have unlimited streaming audio books for only $9.99/month or you can purchase for a full year for $99.99. They have titles for all ages and they are all directly from the publishers so it's easier than going to the library constantly. The narrators are awesome too. Some of the favorites at our house right now are the 39 Clues, Boxcar Children and the Clementine series.

]]> By: Beth https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/learning-to-love-audiobooks/#comment-145857 Mon, 30 Nov 2015 18:57:53 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=13879#comment-145857 My oldest was an avid reader, but didn't really figure out the knack of reading itself until he was seven or so. But he always considered himself a reader, because he was loved books, and would listen for hours to read alouds. Audio books gave him a great chance to keep his reading level high until his eye coordination caught up -- he could read books at his interest level via audio even when his actual text reading level had plateaued. Now that he's a teen he's still an avid reader, and also a connoisseur of audio books.

]]> By: Amy // Sunlit Pages https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/learning-to-love-audiobooks/#comment-145659 Sat, 28 Nov 2015 23:21:52 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=13879#comment-145659 In reply to ailikate.

That's a really great idea! Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: ailikate https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/learning-to-love-audiobooks/#comment-145249 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 14:06:52 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=13879#comment-145249 We also love audio books. I think the kid listened to Odd and the Frost Giants 6 times in a row. Right now it's Mysterious Benedict Society, the narrator drives me a little crazy but she likes it.

One that was very useful to us for early audio was Robert Munsch's website. It has audio of him reading many of his books and the fact that there were lots of short options meant that she could listen to multiple books without having to change cds or anything. Great when she was about 4 or 5. Plus, it felt like extra screen time to her (which, technically it is) but isn't a cartoon or a video game.

http://robertmunsch.com/

]]> By: Skye https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/learning-to-love-audiobooks/#comment-144663 Fri, 20 Nov 2015 17:37:50 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=13879#comment-144663 In reply to Krista Loose.

Jim Dale's Hermione was so disappointing! My son came out of that audiobook thinking she was completely annoying. I asked him to keep an open mind when he then read the book and watched the movie - luckily he was able to shake it off!

]]> By: Hillary https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/learning-to-love-audiobooks/#comment-144599 Fri, 20 Nov 2015 00:49:54 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=13879#comment-144599 We LOVE audio books here, too. But for some reason, it was only recently (when I started homeschooling) that I started checking them out like crazy! Why have I not done this more in the past seven years of being a parent?!

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