Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Too tired to read to your child?

Kids love stories, whether it is at bedtime or any other time. There had been times when my daughter was younger and couldn't read on her own, that she would ask for one story after another and we would end up tired with dry throats from reading book after book.

A win-win solution that we found useful were audio books, books that come with a CD. What's good about it is that you and your child can listen to the stories without having you read them.If your child is learning how to read on her own, they are a great help too.

Audio books are easily available in local bookstores or online stores but they are usually more expensive than regular books. If you wish to save some money, check out this site, Storynory.

Storynory Kid's Audio Stories has a pretty sizeable collection of free audio stories, separated into different categories such as fairy tales, Bible stories, Christmas stories, animal stories, Hans Christian Andersen, Brothers Grimm, Aesop, Greek myths, other original stories and even poems and videos.

All you need to do is select the story you wish to listen to and click to play. The text of the story appears on screen and you can also print it out if you wish. The site also allows you to subscribe to it.

Storynory brings you a new story every week. The stories are downloadable, available via iTunes, so you can store them in your preferred mobile device such as your iPod. It makes it easier for your child to listen to the stories when you are on the move, travelling or do not have a computer in your child's room when you need the stories for bedtime.

My husband used to download the stories to his iPhone and they've come in very handy during those boring times in the car, while waiting at the doctor's, or when we wanted our child to sit still in a restaurant.

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