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A review by teaandlibri
Born Reading: Bringing Up Bookworms in a Digital Age -- From Picture Books to eBooks and Everything in Between by Betsy Bird, Jason Boog
4.0
An enjoyable book about reading Jason Boog was raised a reader. So when his daughter Olive was born he wanted to instill the same love of books as he was, while balancing new technologies like smartphones and tablets.
The book is divided year by year (mostly) of age and cognitive-stage appropriate books for the littlest readers. From reading books to babies even though they won't understand the content to balancing out how a toddler can use a smartphone to enhance the learning experience of a book, the author provides a break down as to how a parent can utilize reading and technology together.
The author comes across as a little anti-smartphone/tech (which I personally can understand), but there might be some who dislike it. However, I thought he did a really great job in showing how difficult it can be to just not hand over his phone to his child to keep her happy while trying to figure out what apps to download and how he could best use them to help Olive when she was very interested in a particular subject.
And I thought he did a really good job in showing how various resources and books can be used: from allowing a baby to chew on the book (as a way of exploring the world) to keeping books readily available to learning how the library works and the various baby/child activities there, I found it fascinating to read how there is a lot more than just plopping down and reading a book.
That said, I do somewhat understand that some people might feel this book isn't for them--it's aimed towards parents who read and have the time/energy to invest in a long-term practice of reading and book interaction. There also might be people who dislike the lack of heavily scientific citation or evidence. Personally I liked that a lot as books of this time tend to be a little to dry and academic for my tastes.
The author seems to want to make this as more of a guide and a "how-to" rather than a book to support his assertions. It's also probably a lot easier for a parent with a young child to read than reading some big huge dense scientific book when all he or she wants to know is how to read with the child.
I don't have children, but I think this would be a GREAT read for parents, teachers, caregivers, teacher's aides, librarians, or anyone who needs to interact with children. There are also book recommendations for each age, (1-4 and beyond kindergarten), so hopefully this will give some ideas.A good purchase for anyone in the above categories, but someone who doesn't have children may benefit more from just borrowing this from the library instead.
The book is divided year by year (mostly) of age and cognitive-stage appropriate books for the littlest readers. From reading books to babies even though they won't understand the content to balancing out how a toddler can use a smartphone to enhance the learning experience of a book, the author provides a break down as to how a parent can utilize reading and technology together.
The author comes across as a little anti-smartphone/tech (which I personally can understand), but there might be some who dislike it. However, I thought he did a really great job in showing how difficult it can be to just not hand over his phone to his child to keep her happy while trying to figure out what apps to download and how he could best use them to help Olive when she was very interested in a particular subject.
And I thought he did a really good job in showing how various resources and books can be used: from allowing a baby to chew on the book (as a way of exploring the world) to keeping books readily available to learning how the library works and the various baby/child activities there, I found it fascinating to read how there is a lot more than just plopping down and reading a book.
That said, I do somewhat understand that some people might feel this book isn't for them--it's aimed towards parents who read and have the time/energy to invest in a long-term practice of reading and book interaction. There also might be people who dislike the lack of heavily scientific citation or evidence. Personally I liked that a lot as books of this time tend to be a little to dry and academic for my tastes.
The author seems to want to make this as more of a guide and a "how-to" rather than a book to support his assertions. It's also probably a lot easier for a parent with a young child to read than reading some big huge dense scientific book when all he or she wants to know is how to read with the child.
I don't have children, but I think this would be a GREAT read for parents, teachers, caregivers, teacher's aides, librarians, or anyone who needs to interact with children. There are also book recommendations for each age, (1-4 and beyond kindergarten), so hopefully this will give some ideas.A good purchase for anyone in the above categories, but someone who doesn't have children may benefit more from just borrowing this from the library instead.