August 13, 2010 9:07 AM
Audio Learners? Books, classics on tape
My daughter Maddy was an audio learner. She LOVED listening to stories on tape and reveled in the huge collection of Adventures in Odyssey series* passed down to her by many older brothers and sisters.
At 17, Maddy is now a fairly enthusiastic reader, but I think that her enormous audio appetite kept her vocabulary and thinking skills up and built a bridge which eventually translated into more interest in books.
I remembered this today when I noticed someone had purchased The Screwtape Letters through my Amazon link - which reminded me that some of you might be interested in these audio resources too.
Our whole family has enjoyed the marvelous dramatizations produced by Focus on the Family. Like the Odyssey series, they have the highest production values - fantastic voice talent - and will rivet the attention of even those who are not audio learners. When we traveled cross country from California to Virginia in 2002, we listened to them all again. Still enjoying them today:
* The Odyssey series serve up doses of history, philosophy, theology, psychology, and lots of vocabulary while delivering solid stories about everyday people and everyday situations - all with a strong moral message and biblical perspective. Here is a sampling of what's available - it's hard to pick, since there are over 50 volumes. Each volume contains six tapes:
There are lots of others - and Amazon gives you the content so you can choose age -appropriate episodes. Odyssey has tackled everything from dishonesty to divorce to abortion - but in a way that leaves kids better equipped to face the realities of life as Christian boys and girls - eventually men and women.
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I found the Adventures in Odyssey last year and we have been listening to CDs ever since. My 6 year old launched into a voracious reader when she began listening to books on CDs and following along with the books. Within a month she was reading books without any help. It was amazing. Now she is 7 and has a reading lamp and stays up reading in bed, way past her siblings are fast asleep.
Posted by: tereza crump AKA MyTreasuredCreations | August 13, 2010 10:28 AM
Hi Barbara,
If your post is needed to generate income, please ignore this link. Otherwise, some of your readers might like these free audio books. My daughter still listens to them every day.
http://parentingfreedom.com/2009/04/13/childrens-audio-book-collection/
Posted by: Carol | August 13, 2010 11:08 AM
Carol, those are great too!! thanks for sharing. :)
But books on audio CDs are great for long and short trips. I always put one in our CD player in the car even when doing short errands with the children. If not that, then the Bible on CD.
:)
tereza
Posted by: tereza crump AKA MyTreasuredCreations | August 13, 2010 12:47 PM
Can anyone recommend a model of good portable CD player that will start up again where you left off? Hopefully one still on the market. I'm not really sure what that function is called on a CD player but it is referred to as a bookmark on my MP3 player.
I love my 3 year old portable Sony Walkman, but our library is transitioning to books on CD and there are very few books on tapes left.
Posted by: Judy | August 13, 2010 3:11 PM
Do ya'll know about this website?
"LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain. There are several options for listening. The first step is to get the mp3 or ogg files into your own computer:"
AWESOME stuff - I don't work for them or anything but I should :) We are pretty much centering our home school around the Ambleside lists and this website - there is even a wiki page that matches them up. It is great :)
We love Odyssey too - the kids listen to them before bed.
Posted by: Amie | August 13, 2010 7:11 PM
