![]() ![]() over the next two years, the fastest rising age demographic excluding adults over 65.īased on the research of Dr. Tablet usage by children under 11 years will experience a compound annual growth rate of nearly 75% in the U.S. Mobile and tablet-based applications are rapidly becoming a principal medium through which children both play and learn. Eventually the child reaches the "A-ha!" moment of reading comprehension at which text 'maps' to spoken word and concept. ![]() Parents or caregivers are the first instructors, reading to children at home by repeatedly demonstrating how text maps to speech and pictures. Today, over 97% of children entering kindergarten cannot recognize a word, or find a word within the context of a sentence.Įmergent literacy is the stage where young children (ages 2-5) typically can begin to understand the concept of print. Learning how to read early is a key predictor of a child’s academic success and is widely recognized as one of the most difficult things young children learn to do. This is innovative to the field of emergent literacy, as it improves comprehension of words via highly enhanced context while simultaneously strengthening bonds between parents and children as they read together. ![]() Have you ever read a story with your child, and you both wanted to change the ending? TinkerStories allow you and your child to alter pieces of a story, using your fingertips, and watch the implications immediately unfold on the screen. Extraordinarily engaging stories to foster emergent literacy using touchscreen tablet devices ![]()
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