A student in our program - who reads multiple books per week - insists I can't claim to have read audiobooks. (I have a more postmodern concept of reading and text.)
I think I process both audio and visual text very similarly as words in sequence, but the difference is the type of concentration. I listen to audiobooks linearly and have to concentrate consistently, while with print my attention bounces around more
Nah any librarian (as someone who, especially in smaller and or rural libraries, spends a lot of time observing kids of all ages and how they engage with reading and books, would tell you it’s 100% a win.
If you are ever concerned tho, take them to the library and have a conversation with a librarian together about what kind of comics your kids love and what other graphic novels or short YA chapter books or whatever might be up his alley based on common themes or structure
A couple of my nephews learned to read with graphic novels. Another taught himself to read with a video game hint book: he was younger and less coordinated than kids next door, but your turn only ended when you lost. They all read pretty well today.
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So why do we read? What is the skill?