New ways to encourage adults and children to read together
Thu, 2011-10-06 10:23
If you liked the interactive book 100th Day of School released here at Nokia Beta Labs in August, then you're going to want to check out Connected Reading. It's a free service and app to encourage kids under ten to read together with a family member or teacher
Developed through the cooperation of Nokia Research Center and the Pearson Foundation, the site was launched to support today's JumpStart Read for the Record®, an annual attempt to set a new reading record in schools and online. On the same day last year, 2,057,513 children had books read to them.
The site features the new children's book Llama, Llama, Red Pajama written by Anna Dewdney. You can read along with the author, download the interactive book to your phone, or read the story remotely through the online service.
And if you plan to read the book through any of these methods, be sure to register your pledge to read online or from the app itself. The Pearson Foundation will donate books through its We Give Books campaign for every online book read.
- John
[via Nokia Conversations: Book your place to help kids read]
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My girls (aged 4 and 2) love the Elmo book on my N8. The more of these that are produced, the better - definitely something I'd pay for.
Tried the new app/book and sorry to say it freezes my N8 on the first page turn. Unable close it after this point, having to reboot my phone to close the app.
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My 5 year old absolutely loves 100th day and the llama llama books are already some of her favorites. These are great when we travel so nobody gets gyped out of a bedtime story!
Keep up the good work on this front!
Works as expected on my NAM E7 (finally running Anna)