Academic literature on the topic 'Kids storybook'

The role of parents is very important for children so they can be taught how to behave well and dare to be responsible. The purpose of designing the picture book "The Adventure of Ara" as an educational and communicative medium to instill children aged 5-7 years in the responsibility and not taking things that do not belong to them, due to the character development of children's responsibility that is not optimal, such as when children do not. return items that have been used or borrowed.The design method used in this picture storybook is the glassbox method, and for data collection, it uses interviews and questionnaires. Methods of data analysis using the 5W + 1H technique (when,why,who,what,where + how). To find a solution to the problem at hand. The design of the picture storybook “ The Adventure of Ara ” is also supported by other media such as posters, T-shirts, jigsaw puzzles, tumblers, coloring books, stickers, and also pins to support the main media.Keywords : Storybook, Responsible, Kids

This paper focused on the development and evaluation of a mobile application in which children could interact, be entertained, and especially be educated at the same time. It was mainly designed for children, parents/guardians, and teachers as well. The interactive storybook which was created was different from those available in the market. Kwentong Pambata is a children’s storybook application designed for Android devices that features Filipino legends, fables, parables and short stories designed for Filipino children and children all over the world. It portrays Filipino values, traditions and character which contains moral lesson at the end of each story that would educate children’s view in life, their characters, moral uprightness, and values. It is a storybook which contains fun pictures, texts, and sounds that kids will truly enjoy. The goal of the study is to develop an Android application that children could interact, learn, read, be entertained, improve and develop children’s imagination and comprehension skills at an early age, and to promote Filipino stories and moral values. Kwentong Pambata application was developed using ActionScript 3.0. and Adobe Flash CS5.5. The application has 3 different language translations such as Filipino, English, and Mandarin. The proponents used ADDIE model for the development of the application. After the development, the application was evaluated. The total number of 40 respondents which were selected through probability sampling is used for the evaluation process. The application was evaluated according to its Usability, Reliability, Efficiency and Graphical User Interface (GUI). The evaluation questionnaire showed that the application was rated as very satisfactory with the help of the respondents and was improved throughout its revisions.

OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: Our overall goals are: 1. To engage, inform and educate children and families on clinical research and increase their understanding of the goals and process of participation in research studies/clinical trials; 2. To Increase participation of children, especially those who are disproportionately underrepresented, in clinical research in the Western New York region and beyond. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: The University at Buffalo Clinical Translational Science Institute conducted meetings in schools, community coalitions while holding focus groups with children with chronic conditions and their families and community health workers to identify the general perceptions of research. These conversations then informed the development of a children’s activity book about research. Completed in 2017, our “Sofia Learns about Research” activity book presents research in a non-threatening way by presenting a child with asthma who walks through the process of learning about research, being recruited and participating in research. The book explains basic concepts about research coupled with fun games and the possibility to color. Over 1,000 copies of the activity book have been disseminated to second to fourth graders via afterschool programs, community events, and medical practice waiting rooms. Recipients of the book are directed to short surveys to provide feedback on the book and their perception of research. The parents are also given the option to sign-up for the Buffalo Research Registry in order to be contacted about research opportunities. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Response has been very positive, with parents and community participants saying “It’s not just a storybook. The activities keep kids entertained while learning new concepts.” In children informally polled via a brief questionnaire pre and post story reading at an afterschool program, there was an increase in those interested in participating in a research study. In a recent event sponsored by the CTSI Community Engagement Core and other UB organizations, a group of fifty children from diverse background colored with enthusiasm several activity pages and obtained stickers for their “Research Passport”. In a recent teacher focus group we learned that the book content may fit the Science Curriculum and plan on reading sessions in inner-city schools after approval from the district. A pilot reading activity in a Montessori program revealed that second grade children were able to understand and complete the activities in the book. We are obtaining further feedback form teachers and parents in order to design simple protocol to be submitted for IRB approval to obtain more formal feed-back and outcomes in future readings. In parents and focus groups several respondents have indicated its relevance to older populations and English-language learners as well. The book has recently been translated into Spanish and Arabic through a partnership with the International Institute of Buffalo, which “welcomes, connects and empowers the foreign born”. Some of the book’s images have been modified in order to be sensitive to the readers’ culture and we are in the process of collaborating with the International Institute to disseminate it to their clients. We are in the initial phase of planning a mobile application which we anticipate will significantly enhance dissemination. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: This presentation will describe the development process, the underpinning concepts and our plans and current progress towards a more formal community and school dissemination and evaluation. This project was made possible by Team Science in that the expertise of a millennial pre-medical student and an anthropologist with high community involvement was coupled with that of a senior clinical translational researcher. Moreover, much research and attention was devoted to the creation of images that are culturally inclusive. To this end, with the exception of the cover page, we have intentionally created the book in black and white so that the child may use his/her imagination and color the way he/she sees the protagonists and the environment. Great attention was devoted to names of the protagonists with the names of the two main characters being among the most common in the world in numerous countries. Also, the book lends itself to a mobile application which will allow the reader to change colors and shapes of the protagonists to fit his/her cultural background. We are in the early planning stages and will share our progress as part of this presentation. We have strived to disseminate the book with a broad approach in our community. This phase is being followed by a more formal dissemination phase via libraries, schools and community events. This part of the project exemplifies the challenge between wanting to disseminate the book broadly while obtaining formal feedback and outcomes in compliance with regulations protecting the anonymity and/or confidentiality of children and families. Therefore for this second phase of dissemination IRB approval is being sought in order to collect more quantitative and qualitative data on the impact of the book. We have already conducted a focus group with teachers to overcome the challenges around informed consent, especially in the public school system. Our initial findings suggest this resource will improve knowledge and perception of research among children and their families. To our knowledge most of the materials explaining research to children are geared to older children and are often sponsored by pharmaceutical companies for a specific trial. If successful, this book can have a profound impact in reaching out to children outside of the research and medical environments, with the ultimate goal of increasing the child’s and family’s willingness to participate in clinical research and clinical trials.

Abstract<br />Raising young generation’s tolerance is really crucial especially in a multicultural country Indonesia. There are many ways to do so and one of the easiest way is with stories. With how the technology have advanced right now, storybook is no longer limited to the conventional books. Story can be presented with more entertaining way to attract the readers. Especially for young children who haven’t developed high level of concentration, digital interactive book can maintain their interest to complete the reading.<br />In addition to searching for ways to deliver the content in an interesting way, the authors also look for adaptation methods to insert Indonesian culture into stories that have existed before. Designing the visual aspects went through three stages of systematic design solutions, divergence, transformation, and convergence. The final result of this thesis is a prototype of digital interactive kid’s storybook that hopefully will help reintroduce Indonesian culture and raising the tolerance towards diversity to the younger generation.<br />Keywords: digital books, variety, kid’s storybook<br />Abstrak<br />Penanaman kembali nilai nilai toleransi terhadap keberagaman pada generasi muda sangatlah penting di negara multikultural seperti Indonesia. Banyak cara untuk menyadarkan kembali akan pentingnya toleransi, salah satunya adalah melalui bacaan. Dengan kemajuan teknologi saat ini bacaan tidak lagi terbatas pada buku konvensional. Bacaan dapat disajikan dengan lebih menghibur sehingga lebih menarik perhatian pembaca. Terutama untuk anak usia dini yang belum memiliki tingkat konsentrasi yang tinggi, bacaan dalam bentuk buku digital interaktif dapat mempertahankan ketertarikan mereka untuk menyelesaikan bacaan.<br />Selain pencarian cara untuk penyampaian isi bacaan secara menarik, penulis juga mencari metode adaptasi untuk memasukkan konteks yaitu budaya Indonesia kedalam cerita yang telah ada sebelumnya. Perancangan visual untuk buku ini melalui tiga tahapan yaitu divergence, transformation, dan convergence yang merupakan tahapan pembuatan desain sistematis. Hasil dari perancangan ini adalah prototype buku digital interaktif cerita anak yang diharapkan membantu memperkenalkan kembali budaya Indonesia sekaligus mengingatkan kembali pentingnya toleransi kepada generasi muda.<br />Kata kunci: buku digital, aneka ragam, cerita anak

Background: Tales were transmitted from one generation to another, enriching young people with values, beliefs, imagination and creativity. Children’s literature still plays a crucial part in education as it provides knowledge and entertainment, representing a typical example of"edutainment". In this paper, we carried out a review to examine pedagogic, didactic and psychological/therapeutic dimensions of children’s literature, with the aim of highlighting its role in promoting students’ holistic development and wellbeing. Methods: We have searched for original articles (from 1960s to 2019), by using the following keywords: "fairytales" or "fairy tales" or "folktales" or "fables" AND "education" or"development" or "learning" or "teaching" or "school" or "curriculum" or "classroom" AND"children" or "child" or "kids" or "childhood" AND "health" or "wellbeing". Results: We found 17 studies concerning pedagogic aspect of children literature, while 21 and17 studies were selected for didactic and therapeutic dimensions, respectively. From a pedagogic point of view, tales convey basic values useful for children lives. In a didactic perspective, properly chosen storybooks represent a valuable resource for school activities, improving students’ language skills and building up a friendly/respectful classroom environment. Children stories are also used by health professionals for therapeutic purposes (bibliotherapy) to prevent unhealthy habits and addictions, or address psychosomatic disorders. Finally, storybooks and web-based/digital stories can be an effective vehicle for health contents, to encourage the adoption of healthy lifestyles among schoolchildren. Conclusion: Children’s literature and storytelling could be helpful in promoting students’ global development and wellbeing, when included in school curricular activities.

The development of technology is currently very rapid, influencing almost all aspects of life. With these technological developments, millennial parents must be able to adjust how to internalize Islamic values in children in the family environment. This study aims to analyze the role of millennial parents in internalizing Islamic values for early childhood in the digital era as it is today. This study uses a qualitative approach with descriptive qualitative research. The informants of this study were millennial parents who had ten children aged 4-6 years. Determination of informants is done by purposive random sampling technique. The data of this study were collected by means of virtual interviews. The data obtained were then analyzed by data triangulation techniques. The results showed that the role of millennial parents in internalizing children's Islamic values in the digital era was the Maghrib Mengaji program, optimizing the youtube kids application, using Islamic storybooks, singing Islamic songs, and optimizing animation videos for learning to pray. These five roles help internalize the Islamic values of early childhood in the digital era.

Early exposure to symbolic media, such as pictures, drawings, paintings, photos, and videos, is common in western countries. Modern picture books coexist with electronic storybooks and other digital literature, expanding the environment in which young children develop and learn. Since the advent of new technologies, recommendations for kids' use of these gadgets have been covered in numerous papers. Young children and adults can engage in social interaction through picture books, which creates a wonderful chance for learning and teaching. This paper makes an analysis on children’s digital story book reading behavior. Initially, the features (considered questions) are clustered using k means clustering model. In order to analyze the children’s digital story book reading behavior, the questions are made on different drivers such as (i) Characteristics of story book, (ii) Interaction level and (iii) Child learning ability level. The questions are analyzed based upon the responses obtained from 100 respondents with 46 males and 54 females. Here, the study is done using ANOVA, regression analysis along with MSE, correlation and variance computation. Based upon the clustering outputs, the regression analysis is made on correlation and covariance metrics.

The purpose of this academic article is to present the selection of storybooks for early childhood children, which must consider the ability to promote the development and imagination of early childhood children, and must consider children of each age who are able to receive knowledge and interests are different, because fairy tales are considered an important helper for parents and teachers in raising early childhood children, because in addition to providing fun, fables also provide knowledge and ideas that include morals and ethics. It is crucial to consider a child's age, interest, perception, and skill when determining whether or not a fairy tale is acceptable for young children. As a result, there is a genuine advantage to children's learning in that they will start to identify tales from seen sights and heard sounds as they gradually come to understand the meaning of the words until they can connect the two. In addition to learning the facts and tales that make the literature interesting to read, memorize them. As a result, selecting tales to help young children develop their skills will also strengthen their relationships with their parents and teachers, who have been telling tales to children since they were still in the womb. Additionally, selecting tales that are age-appropriate will be able to effectively support the development of the kids in all areas.

The study of regional languages is a critical component of a nation's cultural and linguistic heritage. As such, it is imperative to conduct in-depth research into the meanings and nuances of regional languages. In this study, the Bima language (ngahi mbojo), which belongs to the Bima-Sumba language family and is widely spoken in the Bima and Dompu districts, was examined to map and explicate verbs with the concept of 'lean'. To gather the necessary data, oral and written sources were used, including storybooks in the Bima language. The research methodology utilized a combination of interviews and literature review, while the verification method was employed to collect and analyze the data. The method, which involves the alteration of form and the use of paraphrasing techniques, was utilized to determine the original meaning of the verb and its explication, resulting in 65 points of analysis. The study revealed that Bima language verbs with 'lean' can be mapped to entities, processes, tools, and results. Specifically, the lexicon used to express the concept of 'leaning' includes maru (sleeping), santengi (leaning), doho (sitting), oko (squatting), kidi (standing), and tu'u (getting up).

Dear Reader, In this latest collection of children’s books you will find something for every age and taste. I have always found that good children’s books are always inspirational or educational in some way, but they are not always easy to find in the annual deluge of new titles from the publishing houses. Indeed, the number of children’s books being published grows each year, which makes it difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff. Our reviews make it easy to find the kind of book you are looking for, thanks to a dedicated team of reviewers from the University of Alberta Libraries who recommend books that are imaginative, compelling, and attractively designed. Whether you are a parent wanting to read a good book with a child, a teenager looking for a fast-paced magical adventure, a teacher selecting picture books for a syllabus, or a young person enjoying a picture book for the first time—whoever you are—there are enough books in this issue for all of us to indulge our love of reading. Some of them, “The Last Dragonslayer”, for example, or “The Prince of Two Tribes”, feature young heroes and heroines with magical powers who embark on exciting and dangerous adventures, but there are also picture books like “Catch that Baby!” and “Red Wagon” whose gorgeous illustrations have immediate appeal to both children and adults. Now that portable electronic devices are ubiquitous, it was only a matter of time before publishers started offering digital children’s books with interactive features and sophisticated computer animation. So it is only natural that this publication would eventually review books for children that are released in electronic formats. This issue includes a review of “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”, which is available on iTunes’ online store as an iPad application. This delightful animated storybook demonstrates that ebooks designed for children have tremendous potential and could easily have a transformative effect on the entire children’s book publishing industry in the not-too-distant future. We certainly look forward to reviewing more digital stories, but it is my fervent belief that there are numerous factors—emotional, aesthetic, and otherwise—that will make it difficult for electronic children’s books to completely overcome print books. In closing, I would like to offer my heartiest congratulations to Dr Andrea Deakin, our esteemed founder, for being named one of two recipients of the 2011 Claude Aubry Award, conferred by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) for distinguished service to the field of children’s literature. As always, please get in touch if you have comments or questions about our publication. Warm wishes,Robert DesmaraisManaging Editor