- Become Equipped: Know What You Think and Why.
- Finding Your Rhythm and keeping to it.
- Buy some Ice Cream - Dealing with difficult days.
- Tip FOUR - One Step at a Time
Some of the Benefits of reading out loud to your family
- Vocabulary development
- Improves focus and concentration skills
- It's a good way to grapple with difficult issues
- Books allow you to develop an awareness of people and situations outside of your personal experience
- They help us develop a sense of empathy to our fellow man.
- It develops a sense of closeness and bonding.
- Improves speech fluency
- Develops comprehension
- Grows phonological awareness
- Reduces stress
- Expands knowledge
- Develops analytical thinking skills
- Promotes creativity
- Improves grammar
- Creates a family tradition
For more information on the benefits of reading out loud to your family Jim Release has authored a book called The Read-aloud Handbook.
Here are some interesting articles on reading out loud to your family
- The hidden benefits of reading aloud — even for older kids
- Reading aloud has huge benefits to children but many parents stop too early
- 10 Benefits of Reading: Why You Should Read Every Day
- Why Reading Aloud to Older Children Is Valuable
Sarah over at Amongst Lovely Things hosts the Read-Aloud Revival. You can find out more here: About The Read Aloud Revival.
With all the amazing books out there it can be overwhelming. Here are a few lists to get you started reading together as a family:
- the Read-Aloud Revival Booklist
- Honey for a Child's Heart
- Book List Resources In this post I've linked to a large list of recommended literature resources.
- Each week on a Tuesday I share my latest book find. You can find these posts under Tuesday's Treasures
I invite you to grab a cup of tea and head on over to these bloggers to see their word of encouragement to you today.
- Jeniffer @ Thou Shall Not Whine
- Jennifer @ A Peace of Mind
- Jennifer @ Faithful Homestead
- Joelle @ homeschooling for His Glory
- Joesette @ Learning Curve
- Kari @ Random Acts of Boyhood
- Katie @ Katie's Daily Life
- Kemi @ Homemaking Organized
- Kim @ Homestead Acres
- Kylie @ Our Worldwide Classroom
Blessings
Chareen
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Love this tip! We love reading together as a family, great bonding time!
ReplyDeleteI agree Michele. I would like to keep this tradition going for as long as possible!
DeleteAs a mom of older kids, it has been interesting seeing which books which kids remember most. My oldest remembers Amy's Eyes, by Kennedy. My middle one remembers the series about the Mennyms by Sheila Waugh. My youngest doesn't tell me yet what he remembers, but he does remember the books we've read. When I remind him about Pinnochio or Peter Pan, or any of the other wonderful more "boy" classics that I read to him that I never read to my girls, it is clear he remembers. Now that he is 10th I don't read to him every day. Wish I still did. But he has so much to do, and my reading is much slower than his reading to himself.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I was rather surprised at the books my older two chose as favourites :D
DeleteI love reading aloud with my kids. They are teenagers now though, and pretty busy, so we only get to do it a couple days a week.
ReplyDeleteIsn't amazing how busy it is at home with Teens ?
DeleteWe read aloud together often and listen to books on CD all the time in the car. It's been so interesting to see how their tastes change over the years and listen to what they remember the most and why.
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