Believe it or not, most days, even with 6 children around, my home is pretty quiet. When school is finished for the day and chores are too you can often find my children in random places around our home.
We've discovered
Playaways from our local library.
I have to say that they are the best thing ever! Do you or your children enjoy listening to books on
tape CDs? Playaways are like a CD and CD player all-in-one. All that is required are personal ear phones.
There's no need to fight over a CD player to listen to your favorite novel. All you do is plug your earphones in, push play, and off you go into a land of make believe!
The expressions are often priceless.
I love that my children like to listen to stories being read to them. Their imaginations get to go crazy and their vocabulary has also grown.
Even Elizabeth likes to listen every once in awhile. Not being able to read on her own listening to stories has been a great alternative.
My children love to read the book before or after listening to the same book on a Playaway. Sometimes they'll even read along as they listen.
They get so engrossed in their stories that there are times that I can't get their attention and sometimes I can't even find them. These Playaways have been a win win in our household. I get a little quiet time during the day and the children are able to listen to challenging books. They love sharing what is going on in their Playaways and they look forward to picking up more books and Playaways at the library.
