Homeschool on the Run!

I was in the library yesterday and came across Playaways.  They are audio books prerecorded on a device displayed in a video sized case.  The actually player is the size of a small cell phone and it’s on a string you can wear around your neck.  You can plug in headphones or have it played through the radio/CD player in the car. 

I have an aux outlet in my truck that I can just plug it into, but in our Toyoto Sienna, there is no aux plug and no tape recorder slot. If you have a tape player you can buy one of those tapes with a cable connected that plugs into devices like these and you can listen through the tape player.  Unfortunately I’d have to buy an expensive kit in order to listen to a Playaway in this car.  We will have to use books on CD here.

With the Playaway I like the idea that you can start and stop easily and restart at the place you left off.  I like how I could take it with me if I didn’t want to stop listening while running an errand.  On the other hand there are not many Playaways at the library and I didn’t see anything that really grabbed me.  I ended up getting one on meditation. I could only listen for about 10 minutes.

I think this could be a solution in the car on trips as the kids could have their own Playaway selection and listen with headphones.

August 6th, 2009 | Category: Family | Subscribe to comments | Leave a comment | Trackback URL