Amazon has just unveiled a new app that will make it easier than ever for kids to improve their reading skills from home.
Named “Reading Sidekick”, this app has tons of features that allow it to follow along with your kid’s favourite books and help them read right along side them.
Sidekick won’t arrive on your Amazon Echo free of charge, however — it’s included in the $3-a-month Amazon Kids Plus service, which gives you and your kids access to scores of other activities, educational games and stories as well. Plus, Amazon includes a one-year subscription ($36 value) with the purchase of an Echo Show Kids device.
To get started reading with Sidekick, your child just has to say, “Alexa, let’s read.” From there, Alexa will first ask for a book title, then ask, “Do you want to read a little, read a lot, or take turns?”
Answer, “A little,” and Alexa will read most of it, only having the child read the occasional short page. “A lot” flips the script, with the child reading about four times as much material as Alexa. “Take turns,” divides reading duties roughly in half.
Amazon’s Reading Sidekick is available on Amazon Kids Plus now.
