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Cultivating Lifelong Readers: The Power of Reading Aloud

Discover the importance of reading aloud to your child through key questions on why, how, and what to read aloud. Reading aloud fosters social and academic skills, sparks a love for reading, and enhances various aspects of a child's development.

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Cultivating Lifelong Readers: The Power of Reading Aloud

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  1. Make Your Child a Lifelong Reader: The Importance of Reading Aloud

  2. Key Questions • Why Read Aloud? • How to Read Aloud? • What to Read Aloud?

  3. Why Read Aloud? • Social Skills • Academic Skills • Love of Reading

  4. Social Skills • Bonding time • Promotes self-confidence • Encourages positive social interaction • Offers new “friends”

  5. Academic Skills • Develops longer attention span • Enhances listening skills • Increases vocabulary • Expands knowledge base • Stimulates imagination • Sharpens observation skills • Improves problem-solving skills • Heightens curiosity

  6. Love of Reading • Develops a positive attitude toward reading • Recognition of the importance and pleasure of reading • A child read to becomes a better reader

  7. How to Read • Atmosphere • “Body Language” • Discussion

  8. Atmosphere • Comfortable chair or sofa • Good lighting • Set time

  9. “Body Language” • Voice inflection • Motions and sounds • Use finger to point out each word

  10. Discuss the story • Talk about the pictures • Play with the ending • Ask questions

  11. What to Read? • Variety • Story line • Fun

  12. Variety • Choose interesting books • Let your child choose • Match length to attention • Expect favorites

  13. Story Line • Books of various cultures • Colorful books • Books that show ideas • Books with repetitive sounds

  14. Fun • Read, read, read • Show your enjoyment • LAUGH AND HAVE FUN!

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