“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:

• build vocabulary

• condition the child’s brain to associate reading with pleasure

• create background knowledge

• provide a reading role model

• instill the desire to read

 

Read Cyndi's entire outline presented at the Tucson Festival of Books

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