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TenOC
Nomad
Jan 09, 2020

Read Aloud Books -- follow the bouncing ball

My six and eight-year-old grandchildren will be traveling with me most of this summer. At home we often check books out of the library and read to the children. Reading to the children is not practical while driving down the road. Since I have unlimited data with my Mobley mobile hotspot, I am looking for a website that has online read along books. I have found a number of books in a YouTube format. However, I am looking for books that have “follow the bouncing ball” or other highlighting methods to mark the words as they are being read. Any information is welcome.
  • fj12ryder's avatar
    fj12ryder
    Explorer III
    Jan 09, 2020
    They are out there, I bought/borrowed some for my great-granddaughter some years ago. They had the option of "follow the bouncing ball" thingy, with spoken work.

    I'll do some looking and see if I can find what they were.
  • Campfire_Time's avatar
    Campfire_Time
    Explorer
    Jan 09, 2020
    That's a great idea. It's a wonder someone doesn't have an app for a tablet that does this. Maybe there is?

    That said it's wonderful that you are exposing them to books and trying to do so while traveling. Much better than putting videos in front of them and letting them zone out.
  • wa8yxm's avatar
    wa8yxm
    Explorer III
    Jan 09, 2020
    You might have a product idea there.

    I have seen screen readers that highlight the word being read.. but .. That may have been on a Commodore 64 it has been that long.

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