Here is an important, indeed, crucial post from the excellent teacher, Jennie!
I will always champion reading aloud to children because I know, first hand, what a huge difference it makes. Some people need to hear all the reasons. I have written plenty of stories about those. Some people need to read statistics.
Words of wisdom from research:
I read to children in my classroom all the time. They have full access to books that are front facing and readily available.
Children copy what they see, and if they see reading, they are far more likely to get books from the bookshelf and read.
Whether it is group reading or independent reading does not matter.
As children become comfortable with books, they take it to the next level, incorporating books into their play.
Often, Gloria is the beneficiary.
The most important thing I do for children is read aloud.
Jennie
And when those children get to me for their college writing courses, I know which ones have been readers from an early age and which ones haven’t. The readers progress easily with their writing; the non-readers tend to struggle.
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It’s like the Emerson quote “If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.”
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Exactly!
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I bet you can tell, Liz. An excellent comment. Thank you.
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You’re welcome. I’ve also seen the effects of skimming social media instead of deep reading.
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That’s interesting!
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I first noticed it in myself. There is so much information online, particularly with “the scroll of death,” my brain automatically switches into skim mode. When there is something I want or need to read, I have to consciously turn the skim switch off.
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That is an excellent point!
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Thanks!
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You are welcome.
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Reading aloud is the practice of motor science in which learning is transformed into the motor knowledge of articulation. It’s very useful to make the brainpage of subject matter in the school of knowledge transfer.
Thanks for the informative writing
Learnography
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Valuable info .will implement it for the benefit of my 3 kids .thanks for sharing.
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You are welcome!
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Very little beats reading when it comes to learning. I admire teachers enormously who concentrate on it. The child not only absorbs what the author has written, but gets to use their own imagination, which is two-fold and invaluable.. Cheers.
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Yes, I completely agree!
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Well said, Joy!
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I can only guess how much the fact that my parents started reading aloud to me at a very early age [and also taught me to read before I entered school] contributed to my later life. All my life I’ve been an avid reader and got so much out of it – inthinkably much. I am – at age 72 – still grateful for the opportunity my parents gave me.
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I had a similar experience, and I was also reading before school. This act is so important for children.
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Of course, it was not only the fact that my parents read to me aloud and taught me to read at an early age, it was also – and maybe even more – important that they constanty provided me with reading material. I remember many a birtday when I got lots of books and then was kind of dead to the world, just totally absorbed. Not much of a birthday host a all. 😉 But ever sooooooooo happy.
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Books are extraordinary presents!
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🙂
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Wonderful!
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That’s a great story of your experience. I’m not surprised that things turned out well for you in reading. Hats off to your parents! Thank you, Pit.
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I agree!
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Thank you, Charles!
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Jennie, you are welcome.
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I am ever grateful to my parents and one set of grand-`parents for seeing that I had a book every birthday and Christmas! And, during WW2, I walked to the library alone and joined, aged seven.
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That is wonderful!
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The adults in our lives are so influenctial when we’re very young — & reading is essential!
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Yes, it is!
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