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Remote kids book reading sessions

One thought I had yesterday while reading Madeline an eCard from Jacqueline Lawson . It was the Santa book one... I was thinking of how she could be entertained by having someone IN the computer read her the book as well as having me read her the book. Someone has to turn the pages and read the text to her and respond to her as she looks at it. So my thought was that it would be a nice little business to create a catalog of eBooks for young kids (2-4) that also was integrated with a video chat function using the cameras on top of the computer. I could then let Madeline have Nonny, Grandma Roo, or a remote baby sitter who we know read her the story. That would free us to do other things for a few minutes. There could also be a range of other interactive entertainment designed to help educate and engage kids Madeline's age through the computer. Puppet shows, a replacement for baby Einstein stuff, animations, etc. It strikes me that there should be more programming online for her age group but most of the activities are creative uses of existing content by parents like looking through Flickr pictures of sheep or clicking through eCards on Blue Mountain until you find one the kid likes of cats singing happy birthday.

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