They say to read books to your kids, and I love reading to my son, but curious as to whether or not having podcasts on does similar learning progression for kids.
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I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't. New ideas are new ideas, the format shouldnt matter imo. And with audio only, I think that would be superior to staring at screens all day. Nothing to distract. I prefer it myself
That is my general line of thinking as well.
I would think so… I usually try to listen to podcasts or audiobooks when driving my family around
My thinking as well.
Very different. In our heads, we tend to read books in our own voice, but we'll nevet hear a podcast or watch a video in our own voice.
Plus, writing distills the authors thoughts more effectively than realtime-spoken language.
IMO it's much more difficult to learn a topic by listening to short form audio than by reading books.
It's good for when they are learning to talk but as for learning their letters, learning what things look like and connecting them to their words, learning to spell, and literally learning to read for themselves are all benefitted by reading with them and to them. So, as a bolster, sure, but be careful of using it as a replacement.
Definitely was going for the young vocab angle.