05/08/2012
Literacy Tip for the week:
Make time to read aloud. Reading aloud "exposes children to a positive reading role model, new information, the pleasures of reading, rich vocabulary, good grammar, a broader variety of books than they'd choose on their own, richly textured lives outside their own experience, the English language spoken in a manner distinctly different from that in television sitcoms or on MTV. At the same time the child's imagination is stimulated, attention span stretched, listening comprehension improved, emotional development nurtured, the reading-writing connection established, and, where they exist, negative attitudes reshaped to positive. Outside of all that, reading aloud doesn't do much." (Source: Jim Trelease, The Read-Aloud Handbook)
