“You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.” – Dr.Seuss

What is the value of a read aloud?

• involves children in reading  for enjoyment
• demonstrates reading for a purpose
• provides an example of phrased, fluent reading
• develops a sense of story
• develops concepts about books (how books work and what books are about)
• develops concepts about print (letters, words, sentences, capitals, punctuation, spacing)
• increases vocabulary
• makes complex ideas available to children
• promotes oral language development  (Fountas &Pinnell, 1996)

Check out your child’s blogfolio to hear how being read to has helped his/her literacy development.