Recently, Scholastic’s Instructor magazine featured the article “10 Reasons Nonreaders Don’t Read — and How to Change Their Minds.” We, of course, couldn’t help but see audiobooks fit into many of the excellent suggestions on how to change nonreaders into readers. We highly recommend you read the full article. Reading Gives Them a Headache: Audiobooks [...]
…everything! Our June survey at recordedbooks.com asked what you think recorded books are most important for. 35% said audio is most important for reluctant readers, 29% said students with IEPs, 21% said below grade readers, and 15% said English language learners. Audio is useful in all these areas for the same reasons: it gives struggling [...]
In Part Three of our continuing series at White Marsh Elementary, 5th grade teachers Jennifer Cord and Laurie McGrath tell us how audiobooks help motivate students and make them all feel like confident readers … Jennifer said …“It really came down to one thing—motivation. When I would put that CD in, the children took on [...]
In Part Two of our continuing series with White Marsh teachers Jennifer Cord and Laurie McGrath, Jennifer shares how she was first inspired to try audiobooks, and how she immediately got a positive reaction from students and parents… Jennifer says …“For me, using audio books came as such an easy thing. It’s something I really [...]
2007 National Book Award Winner The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie is available on audio from Recorded Books. A starred review from School Library Journal says, “The teen’s determination to both improve himself and overcome poverty, despite the handicaps of birth, circumstances, and race, delivers a positive message in a [...]
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