Friday, October 25, 2013

Find Free Podcast Children Stories

By Elena McDowell


With the wide amount of resources available on the Internet for entertainment and learning, story telling is taking on a whole new meaning. Parent and child once enjoyed story-telling with parent as reader, and child as listener. Modern technologies are changing this. Stories today are delicately weaved and offered as free podcast children stories on websites. With increasing popularity they are being downloaded, and allow a different type of reading and listening experience.

Readings include both classic tales and more modern. They can be experienced as a form of entertainment, or they can also be used as an educational tool, reading along in a book. They are available across the Internet, many of them available for download. They are formatted for convenient use with many electronic devices.

Not only are they great activities for parent and child, but they are also resources teachers regularly use in classrooms. Those with whiteboards can also implement other activities. Most free podcast websites list different categories for easy searching. Most can be found under particular subject matters, authors or certain topics.

Educators and parents can choose subjects related to ethics, festive celebrations, or educational subject matters. Some sites offer activities that kids complete during or after listening. Activities such as questions and answers, poetry, online puzzles, and other fun activities are available. Some sites offer readings of well known, or site created books. Others offer full downloads.

Some podcasts are specific to the site, and created for their users. The magical world they create involves unique characters children can connect to and identify with. Stories differ from week to week, with users experiencing story telling in a way not available elsewhere.

A child can also download accompanying text at some sites. This means not only are kids being entertained, but they are learning important reading skills. Stories can sometimes be selected that are similar to levels in classrooms.

Many teachers of English to students of different nationalities find podcasts are excellent methods of teaching students to speak English. Students in need of extra listening and speaking practice can use them at home, often increasing their skills, and grades in the classroom. This is because most recordings speak slowly and allow for children to repeat words. Songs are sometimes also part of the podcast, which allow for memory retention.

Fun songs allow kids to experience stories in a fun, interactive way. They also allow for learning sounds, words and syllables, and increasing word knowledge. Fun ways of learning allow students to enjoy learning in a new way, and encourage children to want to learn.

Free podcast children stories are almost as beloved as books themselves by young learners. They are also excellent ways for teachers to utilize time, incorporating other activities along with the podcast audio. They act as virtual reading assistants, and create an atmosphere of fun and learning. Other creative activities can now be implemented to create energy, entertainment and learning.




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