Toddlers: 24 Months+
ipad instead of books
DH usually puts DD to bed at night, and since he got the ipad, he's been using the ebooks and a few other kid-friendly apps to wind her down at night. While I'm all for any kind of interactivity, I'm also a bit of a traditionalist. Don't kids need to use their imaginations when they're read to, and seeing still pictures in a book with actual pages? These ebooks are great, but i feel like they don't leave much to the imagination when the pictures are animated like a cartoon playing the story out for you.
Does that make sense? Am i totally overthinking this whole ebook thing?
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Re: ipad instead of books
Ditto. I don't think it's nearly as relaxing to use something electronic before bed as it is to hold a paper book. And I think if you want to raise a kid who likes to read, part of that is holding and feeling the book while they're learning.
(read it. you know you want to.)
anderson . september 2008
vivian . february 2010
mabel . august 2012
ditto ditto ditto. We have an ipad and it is for "emergencies" only. Like airplane travel... it's a very special "toy" that dd does not get to play with very often.
Interesting discussion!
We don't have an iPad, but my mom does. DS likes to "read" a certain Sesame Street book on it and I definitely feel like it's a lot different than reading a real book. It is kind of like watching TV because grover is jumping and talked all over the "page." I think it's ok to use every once and a while, but it won't become a replacement for real books.