Audiobooks for children: benefit or harm?

In fact, audiobooks for children are notthe invention of recent years, as it may seem. Many of us and our parents were heard as children in fairy tales on vinyl records. But these tales differ little from audiobooks - Only the medium and way of reproduction has changed. In place of the records and players came MP3 files and players (computers).

Audiobooks for children are not only convenient (in the first place - for parents), but also useful. First, an important skill for the child is ability to perceive information by ear and concentrate attention. This skill will be useful to him not only during his studies, but also in later life. Children's audiobooks help this skill develop.

Secondly, Audiobooks for children help in the development of speech. Actors who read children's audiobooks havecorrect speech and well-placed diction. Imitating them, the child will learn to speak correctly. In addition, when listening to audiobooks, his vocabulary increases.

Thirdly, reduces eye strain. Now the children are spending more and more timecomputer or in front of the TV, in addition, the teaching load increases, and the child has to pore over the textbooks and notebooks. If you also read "for yourself" fiction - with good eyesight will have to say goodbye. Audiobooks for children help and get acquainted with the literature, and protect your eyes.

In addition, audiobooks for children help pass the timeif you have to stand with your child inqueue or go somewhere: reading, holding a book on weight or shaking in a train / bus, is very difficult and even harmful, but you can listen everywhere and always - most importantly, get headphones so as not to disturb others.

But, unfortunately, in the world there is nothing ideal, and audiobooks for children can be harmful. First, children's audiobooks can to hunt the child off to read - having got used to listen "without straining", he practically completely will cease to read. The ability to perceive information by ear will be developed well, and with visual perception problems can begin.

Secondly, some parents mistakenly believe that audiobooks for children are able to compensate lack of attention from parents, distract and occupy the child. Of course, the work takes a lot of time and effort, but can it be difficult to carve out half an hour a day and read to the child aloud before going to bed? If the child has to choose between the voice of the announcer and the voice of the mother - you can be sure, he will choose the mother.

Thirdly, Headphone abuse can lead to hearing impairment.. The best option is to output sound to the speakers,but then others will have to listen to the audiobook along with the child. Here are the parents and give the baby headphones. With moderate use of headphones, there is no harm from them, but if you use headphones too often at a high volume, a visit to the otolaryngologist can not be avoided.

So is it worth giving your child to listen to children's audiobooks or not? Of course, it is, but moderate quantities. Children's audiobook should not replace reading (both parents aloud and the child himself), and complement it. Do not use audiobooks as a way to get rid of the child. And if possible, let the child listen to audiobooks not through the headphones, but through the speakers; if you still use headphones, they should be of high quality.

You can try to kill two birds with one stone and to combine listening to an audiobook with reading a regular book. So the child will perceive the information andhearing, and visually. This is especially useful if the child is experiencing difficulties with one of the types of perception of information - the second kind will be, as it were, "caught up". You can use this technique when studying foreign languages.