Toddlers find print books more engaging than e-books:study
| Mar 28, 2019, 12:09 IST
If you have a chance to check out a toddler's room, look for how it’s decorated. Do you see home-team banners and sports paraphernalia or dinosaurs and star charts? Maybe you will a lot of Disney character pictures. Chances are these things are less an extension of a toddler’s personality but more a way for parent’s to communicate the things they want in their child’s future. But you would rarely find the one thing that could really help a child in his future life – a bookshelf.
Early reading has a number of benefits, and that’s a well-known fact. Reading helps in neurological development. It can transmit a lot of learning and also promote early academic success ( (setting the stage for later academic success). It also helps the child in developing positive psychological traits like creativity, confidence, and empathy.
And even though parents are trying their children to develop a liking for reading, they’re doing it in a way they think is irreproachable. Tech-savvy parents try to cutback clutter with a kindle or a tablet. A recent study was published in Pediatrics, urges parents to reconsider this. According to the study, toddlers interact more with print books than ebooks, and those print books will need somewhere to stay.
The different format of books included a print book, a basic ebook and an enhanced ebook one that comes with music, sound effects, and animated characters). The study found that print books made the reading experience more collaborative for toddler and parent. They employed more book-related verbalisations and collaborated more in the process. This goes for parents, too. The adults engaged in more dialogue asked more questions, and showed greater signs of bonding and sharing the experience with their child.
Early reading has a number of benefits, and that’s a well-known fact. Reading helps in neurological development. It can transmit a lot of learning and also promote early academic success ( (setting the stage for later academic success). It also helps the child in developing positive psychological traits like creativity, confidence, and empathy.
And even though parents are trying their children to develop a liking for reading, they’re doing it in a way they think is irreproachable. Tech-savvy parents try to cutback clutter with a kindle or a tablet. A recent study was published in Pediatrics, urges parents to reconsider this. According to the study, toddlers interact more with print books than ebooks, and those print books will need somewhere to stay.
The different format of books included a print book, a basic ebook and an enhanced ebook one that comes with music, sound effects, and animated characters). The study found that print books made the reading experience more collaborative for toddler and parent. They employed more book-related verbalisations and collaborated more in the process. This goes for parents, too. The adults engaged in more dialogue asked more questions, and showed greater signs of bonding and sharing the experience with their child.