Salaam Storytime Podcast: A Five-Year-Old's Vision

Season 5 - Episode 6: It was January of this year that I just
realized, wow, she's reading on her own. So it just kind of
surprised us and I think every child is different when they're
gonna learn, how to read, but we were lucky that it was a fun
surprise. Even if it's just for 10 minutes, even if you just
dedicate time every day, even when the baby is still in the womb
until. When they're zero years old and all the way until reading
together can really foster that habit and culture of reading and
make smarter, happier kids, because they can learn about
themselves. Lena's been listening to podcasts for a long time,
since she was 2. It was a little bit a mix because I'm frugal,
uh, and not wanting to buy audio books. And then also practical
because if I can't read to them because I do work and if my
husband's working, at least they're listening to something and
using their imagination just a little bit, instead of watching.
So Lena's involved in the podcast. When we interview or talk to
the publisher, we ask them what they would want in the show
notes, how somebody could actually purchase that book. And then
we read the story together and then Lena helps pick out the
music. So she listens to the story and listens to what would be a
good sound effect, like maybe a door closing. Should I hire her
Lena, I'm going to hire you to do our podcast. We're not even
that far. We don't do sound effects. Do you want to help me with
the, do you want to help me with my podcast?