How To Read Aloud

06/05/2015

We often look so long and so regretfully at the door that closes, we don’t see the door that is opening for us.
Thomas Edison

"Reading to groups of children involves some careful planning and preparation," observes Leah Curry Rood in the Beginnings Workshop book, Literacy. Ms. Rood goes on to share tips on reading aloud, including the following...

Be selective — Choose stories to read aloud that you like.... The effectiveness of the way you read the story will be in some measure related to your own enjoyment of the story.
Practice reading the story, making additions and deletions to the text, turning the pages at the appropriate time, holding the book in such a way that you can still have eye contact with the children.
Pace your reading. Most of us read too fast when we read aloud.... Children need time to paint their own mental pictures from the words you are reading. Adjust your pace to fit the story and bring the listeners to the edge of their chairs or to their feet at the appropriate time.

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