Have you made quiet book for your kid?

my little brother is 5 years old and he can name all of his numbers, most of his alphabet AND is starting to learn his spanish numbers all because of TV. I see nothing wrong with a child watching TV as long as its educational :) He is also learning basic words in spanish also, (Up, down, fast, slow, hello, thankyou, welcome, come on) and that is from Dora and diego.

I said that books are better than putting kids in front of the TV, but I didn't say the TV is bad per se. Of course everyone knows the value of educational shows, and I watched them as a kid myself. But we can not deny the fact that some parents leave their children in front of the TV for a long time, watching not only educational shows, but a whole lot of other things. I talk from experience because by the time I was a teenager, I lived next door to kid cousins who would wake up and turn on the TV even before washing their faces and brushing their teeth! They watched TV the whole day. Maybe I abhor watching TV since I never watch anything but the news and documentary programs. Certainly my children in the future will have well-controlled TV watching schedules, and will spend more time doing interactive stuff.

hi katcarneo, I agree with you about the TV. There are many studies have shown that, watching TV is actually not good for kids, regardless the programs they are watching, because "watching the TV" (physically) is already harmful. (Well, I don't remember the physics part of it) You may search about this on the Internet. For learning, it's actually more recommended to learn from parents, say the parents should talk to the kids more often or teach the kids personally, this is not only letting the kids to learn but also create the bonding between parents and kids. Of course, I think there are still debates on this topic. Sorry for talking about this here, I just want to add on to the "TV topic".

hi there, despite the purpose of the book is to keep the children quiet, it's actually the meaning literally, I think the main purpose of the book is still provide some learning and fun activities for the kids, that's something to keep the kid happy and busy, it doesn't really mean to ignore them by giving them the book. sorry to make you misunderstood about it.

Yeah, I think nowadays many parents are working, hence having lesser time to spend with the kids. Sometime I think the books, or quiet books, or any toys are just tools, they can be good or bad, it depends on how we use them. My son likes to read and play, and I always read and play together with him, it can be a good bonding moment too. That's why I like the idea of the quiet book. Most importantly, it's created by me, and specially for him. It's filled with mummy's love. Recently I like to create many handmade crafts for my son to play with. I don't like to let kids watch tv, besides the disadvantages of tv, even the parents watch tv together with the kids, they don't talk or communicate, because the kids will be concentrate on the tv only, hence I don't think there's any bonding or interactive moment.

Hello my friend kaka135 Ji, I agree what you say and going much response above, I also understand leaving children for more time in front of TV and electronic gadets is health hazard for them. Today I am happy that I spend my whole time with my children and never made any such quiet book for my children, I never ran short of time for my children. Now, what I notice that my children do not have taht much time for their own children, they are always in hurry and want to have some time for tehmselves. It is all due to life style living these days. There is a graet name of LBJ in English literarure, when he was a small child, his mother one day gave few parts of Bible to laern by hraert, thinking that her child LBJ will be quiet for some time and She could do her house-hold job. But his mother was stunned as he recited that portion three times after reading once. Next, wer have yet to study mental set up of children, they may become aloof and may not response when they are called upon. Their activities may be limited to quiet books.So I totally decend. May God bless You and have a great time

hi jazel_juan, just give it a try! ^_^

I am not sure if other books are called quiet book, when I see those "quiet books", they are usually made of felt or cloth. My son likes reading book on dinosaurs too, is that kids' favorite at all time?

In the late twentieth century and earlier twenty-first century most kids adored books on dinosaurs. Book stores stored books on dinosaurs. They even held events on promoting books or coloring contests based on dinosaur-theme. My son won some fancy dinosaur toys a number of times. He cherishes and still keeps those dinosaur toys that he won. During those days he could able to name and differentiate the individual dinosaurs.

Yeah, I think it's based on parents' creativity, we can always make a interesting book for our kids to learn and to play with.