As a parent, you're always on the lookout for smarter, more sustainable learning for your child's development. Rechargeable sound books are an incredible upgrade from our traditional battery-operated sound books, offering a longer-lasting and more convenient way to keep the good times rolling. These books eliminate the need for constant battery replacements, making them a cost-effective and eco-friendly choice. With rechargeable sound books, you’re not just choosing a toy—you’re opting for a greener reading experience that supports your child’s learning journey. Let’s take a look at why this sound book update is great.
What Offers the Best Playtime for Children?
Playtime with books isn’t just fun and educational, it stimulates kids’ imagination, too. Studies have shown that reading boosts connectivity in the brain and reduces children's stress levels by 68%. Stories magically flip a switch in the brain that allows kids to form new connections and help them understand the world around them. Making these connections enables them to discover solutions faster and be more creative. Some other benefits to playtime with books include better problem-solving skills, memory, and empathy.
The engaging and interactive elements of sound books ignite kids’ imagination with cuddly characters to follow, tactile buttons and pages to touch, and catchy music they can sing along to. Being able to press buttons and turn pages on their own encourages independent reading, which helps prepare them for school. These independent reading sessions play a huge role in strengthening a child’s reading skills and comprehension abilities. When kids are given the freedom to choose reading material that interests them, it sets the stage for a positive and excited attitude toward reading and learning in a more formal setting.
As part of independent playtime, reading on their own supports their social and emotional skills while educating them in a fun way. Independent play offers so many benefits for kids, including:
- Developing autonomy
- Developing problem-solving skills
- Helping kids explore their emotions
- Encouraging imagination and creativity
- Building self-confidence
- Teaching kids to entertain themselves
- Preparing kids for kindergarten
What better way to engage them in independent reading than with a rechargeable sound book of their favorite stories that they can read again and again to their heart’s content?
Why Sound Books Are Great for Child Development?
Sound books are an incredible tool to support childhood development. They use sensory play to help keep kids engaged, learn faster, and retain information better. Sensory play goes beyond just touch. It involves all five senses and encourages children to use scientific processes while they play, create, investigate, and explore. Kids stay focused with buttons to press, music to sing along to, and vibrant illustrations of sound books. They offer numerous benefits for toddlers:
Cognitive Growth
Supports cognitive growth by improving memory function, problem-solving skills, and language development. By engaging several senses at the same time, children learn to process and respond to different types of information more effectively.
Fine and Gross Motor Skills
Promotes fine and gross motor skills as children interact with various textures and shapes. It also encourages social interaction as children often engage in sensory play together, learning to cooperate, negotiate, and share. Sensory play encourages exploration and natural curiosity, which are essential for creative thinking and innovation.
Soothing and Therapeutic
It provides therapeutic benefits, helping to calm anxious or frustrated children by improving focus and attention.
How Can You Prolong the Battery Life in Sound Books?
Sound books are tons of fun until the batteries run out. Not only is it a bummer putting a pause on the giggles, but it’s a hassle replacing the batteries. They aren’t recyclable, and chances are you’ll need to make a trip to the store. It’s 2024, and we think it’s time to treat mother earth with more kindness by retiring them for good. Cali’s Books are now rechargeable with a USB-C cable, so your little one can listen to their favorite story as many times as they like. Just plug it in for a hefty charge that lasts!
Introducing: infinibook™
Want to give your little one an unforgettable reading experience and take sound books to the next level? Look no further than infinibook™, the new digital reader from Cali’s Books that swaps screens for an interactive storytime experience kids can’t get enough of. The infinibook™ elevates the music, illustrations, and buttons of sound books with a corresponding app and interchangeable booklets. There are endless possibilities with infinibook™, including recording capabilities, reading progress tracking, and Montessori games. Featuring an ever-expanding library of books, kids can choose from several beloved stories to keep the good times rolling.
How infinibook™ makes reading an adventure:
- Reduces screen time: infinibook™ is an e-book reader without the screen. Kids can learn and play with all the best parts of a digital book, without the added screen time.
- Helps develop independence: infinibook™ helps kids ages 4-7 develop independence with independent playtime. With the new recordable sound book feature, they can enjoy their favorite stories for hours.
- Builds lasting bonds: infinibook™ has an incredible feature that allows loved ones to record their voices narrating your child’s book. Grandma and grandpa might live far away, but they can still bond with their grandchild and read them a bedtime story.
- Improves engagement and focus: infinibook™ helps to improve kids’ engagement and focus with interactive stories that keep them engaged with tactile buttons, music they can sing along to, and beautiful, eye-catching illustrations.
- Introduces Montessori games: infinibook™ includes age appropriate Montessori games at the end of every book to reinforce what your toddler has just read.
- Positively impacts emotional development: infinibook™ excites kids about reading, and encourages them to make it a daily habit. Reading helps kids understand and regulate their emotions, expand their vocabulary, and understand their emotions and the emotions of others.
Benefits of Rechargeable Reading Experience
Rechargeable books improve the sound book experience with several benefits, including:
- More sustainable: Instead of adding more batteries to landfills, rechargeable books only require a USB-C cable to charge. Gentle on Mother Earth, these new and improved sound books last hours without having to waste more batteries. Now playtime can last all day!
- Less hassle: No need to worry about stocking batteries or using up gas to make a trip to the store. Just plug in to play to enjoy the fun!
- More money saved: Great news—you can forget about spending more money on batteries with rechargeable books. As long as you have a USB-C cable, you’re good to go.
How to Use Rechargeable Books
Rechargeable books are super easy to use. Plus, they are packed with fun features. We've added a nifty volume control, boosted the speaker quality, and included a speedy, rechargeable battery for hours of playtime.
Each page is a mini adventure with:
- 1 easy-to-press sound button (even for tiny fingers!)
- 15 seconds of toe-tapping music
- Charming illustrations that'll make you smile
- Catchy song lyrics to sing along with
The best part? Just plug in your book for 1 hour, and you'll get 4 hours of non-stop fun! That's about 1000 button presses before you need to recharge.
What makes our rechargeable books extra special:
- Text that matches the illustrations and music (it's like magic!)
- Safe and sturdy design, perfect for little explorers
- Montessori-inspired learning
- New volume control so you can listen your way
- Crystal-clear sound from our improved speakers
In need of a new USB-C charging cable for your rechargeable sound book? Add a cable to your cart with the code FREE-CABLE at checkout to receive a free cable with your purchase.
Want to learn more about the infinibook™ and explore Cali’s Books best-selling rechargeable sound books? Upgrade storytime with our growing collection of beloved books your toddler won’t want to put down.