![]() Bonus points if you add page turn sound effects. ![]() Easy and extra special to have a voice they love reading them the story. You can record it on a CD or simply use the recording app on your phone. I wrote a full post about this a couple of years ago but basically, you can record your own narration (or have an aunt or uncle or grandparent or older sibling do it!). If your library doesn’t have those (or you’ve exhausted their collection), you can cobble your own together by getting a picture book and then finding the audio version either on CD or digitally. Instead of complaining endlessly about being buckled in her carseat, she’d happily turn the pages as the CD read the book aloud to her. When Ella was about 2, these started to be lifesavers in the car. My first introduction to read along books was with those little packets that many libraries have with a picture book and an audio CD to go along with it. ![]() If read along audio books are what you’re looking for to use with your children, these are some of my favorite sources for read along books – I hope you’ll find them helpful! To be honest, we actually don’t use read along books ALL that much – my children generally just listen to audiobooks while they’re playing with play doh or going to bed – but I know some families absolutely LOVE them. If your kids listen to audiobooks on a tablet but they start playing on it, pop in your email address and I’ll send you my best tips for avoiding that! With an audiobook, you’re generally going to just have the audio (basically like an audio CD) where as with a read along book, your child can see the pictures while a narrator reads aloud the text. Every time I mention audiobooks for kids (so, you know, every third day), I get multiple questions about where to find read along books.
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