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Scholarly literature and organizations such as the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Childrenâs Media, and Ready to Learn support the use of educational technologies like Octobo for the development of early learning.
According to a report published by ScienceDaily (2019), children whose parents read to them 5 books a day have heard about 1.4 million more words than children who are never read to by the time they enter kindergarten, and parents who read even just one book a day expose their child to almost 300,000 more words than their peers who arenât read to. Octobo is a clear supplement for reading exposure with its storybook library and audiobook mode.
"Curriculum involving digital media can improve early literacy skills. Participating four and five year olds enjoyed boosts in letter recognition, letter-sound association and understanding basic concepts about stories and print.â (Steinberg, n.d.)
E-books, especially at the elementary level, are often able to provide more opportunity for children to build skills that wouldnât otherwise be developed using a stagnant source (e.g., a printed picture book). (Hoffman & Paciga, 2014)
The incorporation of music in early childhood education is critical to cognitive development areas such as language learning, syntax processing, phoneme/phonological awareness, and creative/identity expression. (BlaĹženka, 2019).
âNeurological research has found that the higher brain functions of abstract reasoning as well as spatial and temporal conceptualization are enhanced by music activities.â (Church, 2000)
Spatial recognition and shape recognition are skills essential to developing more advanced math skills in formal education. Using tools to help children recognize and correct themselves when they make a mistake (such as RFID tokens programmed as certain shapes) allows them to try again with encouragement and support until they get it right.
Interactive apps âpromote cooperative aspects of gameplay and encourage working together with others to achieve common goals. Promoting greater levels of user empathy, understanding and teamwork, they teach delayed gratification, and the need to collaborate with others with diverse skills to accomplish more rewarding tasks.â
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BlaĹženka, B. (2019). âPreschool education studentsâ attitudes about the possible impact of music on childrenâs speech development.â International Journal of Cognitive Reseearch in Science, Engineering & Education 7(1), 73-84.
Church, E. B. (2000). Math & music: The magical connection. (Cover story). Scholastic Parent & Child, 8(3), 50-55.
Hoffman, E.B., Whittingham, C.E., & Rumenapp, J.C. (2016). âUsing tabletsâ video technology to enrich early childhood read-alouds.â Illinois Reading Council Journal, 44(4), 23-33.
Ohio State University. (2019, April 4). A âmillion word gapâ for children who arenât read to at home: Thatâs how many fewer words some may hear by kindergarten. ScienceDaily.
Scott Steinberg, writer for Leap Frog Academy, creator of âThe Modern Parentâs Guideâ book series, and host of âFamily Tech: Technology for Parents and Kidsâ.