My Son and my Kindle
I think I've mentioned before that my sweet boy is ADHD and Dyslexic. He is on medication and has been having extra reading therapy help for several years.
I require him to read aloud 30 minutes each night (in addition to the 30 minutes his teacher requires as a part of his normal homework). This requires a steady supply of books. We had used up all of our library books by the end of the Christmas break.
I asked him to go to the school library and get new ones. Sadly, Monday was rainy and messy and an extra trip to the library just didn't happen.
In an act of desperation and not wanting to fall out of our good habit, I fired up my Amazon Kindle and searched for children's chapter books. Three dollars and 2 minutes later I had downloaded a Nancy Drew book and we were on our way.
Son is now a complete convert to both Nancy Drew and to the Kindle. He can no longer be bothered to turn his own pages. He finished the first Nancy Drew and can hardly wait to start the next one....
I require him to read aloud 30 minutes each night (in addition to the 30 minutes his teacher requires as a part of his normal homework). This requires a steady supply of books. We had used up all of our library books by the end of the Christmas break.
I asked him to go to the school library and get new ones. Sadly, Monday was rainy and messy and an extra trip to the library just didn't happen.
In an act of desperation and not wanting to fall out of our good habit, I fired up my Amazon Kindle and searched for children's chapter books. Three dollars and 2 minutes later I had downloaded a Nancy Drew book and we were on our way.
Son is now a complete convert to both Nancy Drew and to the Kindle. He can no longer be bothered to turn his own pages. He finished the first Nancy Drew and can hardly wait to start the next one....
posted by Catherine Banks at 8:43 PM
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