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The Importance of Read Aloud & How to Incorporate it With Your Child

by Christa Bell

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The Importance of Read Aloud
&
How to Incorporate it With Your Child
Christa Bell
March 22, 2021
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Purpose of Book
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What the Research Says
Reading aloud to children, particularly in an engaging manner, promotes emergent literacy and language development and supports the relationship between child and parent.

When parents hold positive attitudes towards reading, they are more likely to create opportunities for their children that promote positive attitudes towards literacy and they can help children develop solid language and literacy skills. 

When parents share books with children, they also can promote children's understanding of the world, their social skills and their ability to learn coping strategies. 
(Duursma, Augustyn, & Zuckerman, 2008)
What the Research Says
What the Research Says
-Some children are pushed to learn to read too soon

-Developmentally, age 6 or 7 is when most are ready

-If they begin earlier on their own that is fine

-Finland does not teach children to read until age 7 and have the world's highest reading scores

-Read Aloud is about helping your children fall in love with print and want to keep reading their entire lives

(Trelease, 2013)
Getting Started
Read in the language you are comfortable with
If you are a non-reader, there are other options available

-Audiobooks (recorded books that can be listened to on a digital device or on CD)
-e-Reader pens such as Leap Frog, which will read the text out loud
-Read aloud websites (see a few examples below)
* Storyline Online- https://storylineonline.net/
* Starfall, I'm Reading- https://www.starfall.com/h/im-reading/?t=286209593
* Just Books Read Aloud-https://www.justbooksreadaloud.com/
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