Parents turn to new technology to help children read

Parents are keen to embrace modern technology in a bid to improve their child’s learning.

According to research by popular electronic learning company Vtech, 78 per cent of parents now believe that new technologies play a large role in their child’s education.

But, findings point to a more pressing reason why parents are becoming reliant on technology as a teaching tool.

Vtech’s survey of 1000 parents, which was carried out to launch new e-reading book the STORIO for kids, found that 35 per cent of adults actually struggled to explain the meaning of words to children.

Shockingly, because of this, a further five per cent even ignored their children’s questions entirely.

Ditching traditional teaching techniques, a whopping 64 per cent of parents simply regarded interactive communication and toys as the best way for children aged three to seven years to learn to read.

The London Institute of Education is not alarmed by this approach. Spokesperson 
and early literacy specialist Dr. Jeni Riley said; “I was delighted to discover that 78% of parents embrace new technology as a positive part of their child’s literacy development. Reading should be fun, and new engaging tools that facilitate this, whist exciting and motivating children, can only be a good thing.”