How Can I Get My Child To Listen When We Read Aloud Together?

 

Sometimes, even when we have done everything right, like bringing letters and words into their early lives and downloading the latest reading apps and online picture books, it can still be very hard to get your child to sit still and listen when you try to read together.

It can be a good idea to get you child to connect with a favourite character, and now that many of the top reading apps for kids come with interactivity, kids can truly feel like it is the character narrating the story and not a parent.

These storytelling educational apps also often allow a brief break from the story text by going into animation sequences or interactive learning games. These breaks will help your child to absorb the words and letters they have just learned and will prevent them getting bored too easily.

Is There A Way To Get My Child To ENJOY Learning?

YES! 

Make sure they don’t realise they are actually learning. Most good educational apps for children are cleverly designed so that your kids are being entertained and stealthily educated, both at the same time.

There are free reading apps for the iPad and many top educational apps that can be purchased on the iOS store for a small fee. You will find write-ups and ratings for these, on a simple internet search for ‘top ten learning apps’, ‘best learning apps for kids’ or ‘top educational apps’.

Most of them are based on fun, interactive characters and storylines, with educational aspects cleverly entwined. Your child ay well believe that they are just having fun and being entertained by their favourite characters, when in fact they are progressing their reading skills and education with children’s learning apps.