How to Get Your Child to Love Reading by Esmé Raji Codell

Created by a public children's librarian. Searchable database of recommended titles based on age, reading ability, gender, and interest. The following websites offer an array of reading possibilities based on your child's age, interest, reading ability, gender, language and more. Read a newspaper or magazine article with your child and discuss what you each think about the issue at hand. Share the comics over your Sunday morning cereal. Take an audio book on your next family road trip or listen to a book on the way to and from taking your child to school each day!ĭon't limit yourself to reading books aloud. Read All About It! Great Read-Aloud Stories, Poems, & Newspaper Articles for Preteens & Teens edited by Jim TreleaseĪlso, check out the audio book sections of the public library for stories.

Hey! Listen to This: Stories to Read Aloud edited by Jim Trelease.The two anthologies below have collections of stories which particularly lend themselves to being read aloud. Almost any story is better when it is shared. It is the rare book that is not good for read aloud. The Power of Reading by Stephen Krashen.How to Get Your Child to Love Reading by Esme Raji Codell.The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease.The first two particularly belong on any parent's bookshelf! Want to learn more about how reading positively impacts your relationship with your child and his or her academic success? The following titles are excellent informational texts for parents and educators. While you are having fun, children build listening skills, grow their vocabulary, sharpen their memory and get ready to learn to read for themselves. When you are reading to a child you are not only feeding his mind, you are participating in a positive activity that nourishes relationships.

According to the National Commission of Reading, 'The single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children.'

Reading aloud to children is important food for the mind.

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How to Get Your Child to Love Reading by Esmé Raji Codell