Hello,
Reading aloud to children is more than just "reading a story" to pass the time. The content and amount of the adult's language is very instrumental to the child's developing language skills. The article in the April/May/June issue of READING RESEARCH QUARTERLY, published by The International Reading Association, goes into great detail about the content of talk while reading aloud. I will summarize a few of the points in today's blog and in next week's blog.
The higher the cognitive demand in the types of questions you ask, the more your child will be engaged in an analytical type discussion. For example, ask your child to make predictions, hypothesise, summarize or explain what is happening in the story. If your child is a preschooler, then you can be the one to model how to think analytically. After reading a part of a story you can say, "I think the momma bird will eventually want to teach her baby birds how to hunt for worms."
This type of language will give your preschooler a head start in comprehension strategies. As an older reader, your child will continue to build on analytical skills and interest in reading.
The story reference above is from Moosey-Moose's blog post today. Yes, we have a new family of robins in our garden! Check out his blog at Mooseymoosewrites.blogspot.com.
Happy Reading,
Kathleen
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