Reading Aloud: Creating Readers and Writers and Changing Lives
Tucson Festival of Books
March 2, 2019
Cyndi Giorgis, Arizona State University
CGiorgis@aol.com
“THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT ACTIVITY for building knowledge for their eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children.”
Becoming a Nation of Readers, 1985 report by the Commission on Reading
We read to children for all the same reasons we talk with them: to reassure, to entertain, to bond, to inform or explain, to arouse curiosity, and to inspire. But in reading aloud, we also:
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build vocabulary
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condition the child’s brain to associate reading with pleasure
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create background knowledge
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provide a reading role model
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instill the desire to read
Read Cyndi's entire outline presented at the Tucson Festival of Books
Articles by Cyndi
Nifty Tips for Reading Nonfiction Aloud to Your Child
Includes Nonfiction Book Recommendations
Nifty Tips for Reading Aloud Newsletter
Cyndi Being Interviewed
MrDad.com: http://bit.ly/mrdad-reading-aloud-to-kids
OnePagePodcast.com http://bit.ly/TheMoreYouRead
Tips for Reading Aloud Handout
Curriculum Guides by Cyndi
Hilde Cracks the Case-Classroom Guide
Kate Messner Author Study Guide
Herve Tullet Author Study Guide
Interviews by Cyndi
Talking with David Macaulay
Talking with Gregory Maguire
Talking with Laura Vaccaro Seeger

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