Read-alouds with Young Children

Children enter the elementary school classroom with varying exposure to books.

Regardless of a child's personal experience, you can greatly extend his or her literacy development through interactive classroom read-alouds.

Reading a story aloud presents endless opportunities for related activities, from classroom discussions to role plays, shared readings, group writings, arts and crafts, and singing songs.

This book encourages you to use read-alouds as a starting point for further learning in your own classroom, as well as in other curricular areas.

Not only will you provide the basis for children to learn through literacy, you will help retain their enjoyment of the read-aloud and encourage them to become lifelong readers.