Readers around the world debate this topic and homeschoolers are no exception! For our last regular episode for the podcast, we talk audiobooks verses print and ebooks. Where do you fall in the discussion? Hear us out (see what we did there?)!

2:10 Homeschooling Moment of the Week: Rachel (puppy food teaching)

4:26 HSMotW: Mindy (Esther and Drawing 1 in dual enrollment)

6:22 Topic Talk: Print vs Audiobooks!

7:10 Benefits of audiobooks

12:56 Andrew Pudewa’s talk: Nurturing Competent Communicators

13:45 Research to support audiobooks

20:56 Recognize our issues in accepting this

25:32 S1E9 Read Alouds: What, Why, and How? (to check out the audiobook apps)

26:41 Make It Personal: Near Bookends (choose an audiobook for the fam and one for you)

28:48 Make It Personal: Far Bookends (if you still aren’t convinced, read the research)

30:14 YA helps reluctant readers S2E31 YA Reading with Jeff Zentner

30:30 Audiobook narration speed chat

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Some of the research for you to peruse:

National Literacy Trust

Tech & Learning

Reading Trust

TIME Heath Research

Book Riot