Do you read aloud to older children?
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Re: Do you read aloud to older children?
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This could also be a way to broach more difficult topics with children at this age, such as bullying, sex, discrimination, etc. Literature is a powerful tool.
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This is so great that you modeled reading so well for your daughter and now she gets to model reading for children as well.Jsovermyer wrote: ↑13 Oct 2018, 22:03 I read to my daughter when she was little and she loved it. Around the age of 8, she wanted to read by herself. My husband, daughter, and I would sit in the livingroom together, each reading our own book. She still loves to read today and is a Kindergarten teacher teaching her students to read.
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There are also many benefits older children can still gain in listening to someone else read a story. To state an obvious one, listening skills, as well as focus and concentration. It, also, enhances a variety of skills they might not be using when they read the words on the page or that some readers may still be struggling with, such as flow and comprehension.
The books at this age also become more complex, often showing more than telling. Emotions and social cues becomes more subtle and reading out loud can help children not only navigate these cues in the writing itself, but also help them identify it in their everyday life. It's the difference between, "'I guess so,' he said sadly" and "'I guess so,' he said in a quiet voice, wiping his nose with the back of his hand." Again, this help with comprehension.
Reading out loud to any kid at any age can also help the kid connect, not only to the person reading to them, but also to the book itself. Suddenly, it's not just random words on a page. And, suddenly, it's not just a boring assignment. Suddenly, it has flow and it has life and it's real. Suddenly, it's fun and they can get into it without any real pressure. I definitely see a correlation between kids enjoyment and kids being read to, especially at later ages.
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