Reading Aloud To Children

Children are encouraged to communicate their needs, feelings and thoughts. They are given opportunities to choose and use reading materials.

Book-sharing experiences expose children to new concepts and vocabulary that they may not encounter in informal conversations. Children may use this new knowledge in their creative writing, “trying out” the words they have heard used in the books. When storybooks containing figurative language are shared and discusses, children are able to develop an understanding of the similes and metaphors.

Through the course, I learned that there are many benefits of reading books to children. Children would improve their communicative skills by talking about their favorite part of the story. Children would respect each other by taking turns. They would improve their cognitive skills by predicting the events of a story. Moreover, reading books would expand children’s vocabularies by introducing new words.

Introduction to reading comes through phonetic reading boxes. The reading boxes are cleverly organized, going from simple to the complex. Reading does not follow the same process of writing, which is taking our own thoughts and symbolizing. When we read, it is not our language with which we are working with, it is the author’s language. Reading is the analysis of the language followed by a synthesis. Story telling and socio-dramatic play in the environment can help the child develop an imagination that fosters a higher capability to understand what is being read to them.

From and early age, I can remember my grandparents reading books to me and my brother; books such as Dr. Seuss and Peter Pan were some of my favorites, growing up in my family proper English was always important.

Books are some of the best teachers we have “they teach us vocabulary social skills and new ways of thinking”(leigh). It’s also true that textbooks could teach a child this, but not in the way they would learn from a story. When a child is really engaged in a story they will learn a lot more than they think. “Books teach us history ”(leigh). and many books are based on certain time periods or cover certain events. When a child reads these stories, they will retain the

Opportunities for sharing books and rhymes – Looking at books with adults seems to promote children’s languages. All settings should have a place where the children can look at books independently or share the book with an adult. The area needs to be warm, cosy and comfortable. The books need to be attractive and displayed so that the children can access them easily. As well as sharing books, language rich environments also provide opportunities for children to learn a use new rhymes and songs. Rhymes and songs are known to encourage children to vocalise.

Not only do people read stories to kids to get closer and bond with them, people read to them to help them understand lessons and how life can be in tough situations. After reading to kids it gives them the best way to comprehend in short little tales and fairy tale where the kids get images in the mind and picture themselves in the situation. After reading to the kids, people get children to read short stories because it is something the children find amusing and find interesting to read. Fairy tales usually have easy words for kids to pronounce for early stages of reading. Kids stories always have a meaning and a point to teach kids what is right.

Learning to read is a valuable and important skill that children acquire from a very early age. Children gain an understanding of the different sounds in our spoken language from a wide range of different experiences and social interaction with their environment. For example, singing and saying rhymes, sharing books, making and listening to music, pretend play, listening to adults and joining in conversations etc ect. as mentioned by Vygotsky (1978)

My love of reading blossomed when I was a child, because my parents showed me how wonderful reading is. There were countless nights when I remember myself as a little girl refusing to go to sleep before ‘tucking dad into bed’ by reading him a picture book. Not only did I uphold that tradition though, but my mother is a preschool teacher, so she gets really into reading out loud, and she would help me read books such as The Boxcar Children set, The Secret of NIMH and The Chronicles of Narnia weekly until I didn’t need help anymore.

There are many benefits in reading aloud to children not only an enhancement of literary skills but also increase in the ability to communicate with teachers and parents. Children also develop memory skills, imagination and creativity (Family Literacy, 2002).

Books encourage perceptual skills in children while also promoting early literacy skills. For instance, book with best behavior, simple words and charming illustrations make it easy for kids to understand the benefit of good behavior—respecting others, staying healthy and coping their feelings. As you read the words aloud to kids, you are encouraging their ability to perceive

Reading to a child has a tremendous impact on their language development. The more a child is read to the more connections are made in the brain. Rereading the same book helps the child make connections between the way the words look and sound.

Ernestine Walls Benedict said, “Reading empowers children by providing a virtual passport to explore the world. They can learn about places, people and things very different from their own experiences, as well as see themselves reflected in other children’s lives.” Being able to read is not only important but it is critical for a person to succeed

Young children are like sponges; they absorb information like a sponge absorbs water. It is essential for them to be emerged in an environment in which they can absorb positive information so that one day they can become contributing members of our society and have a better future. For this reason, there is a pronounced importance on providing enriching environments for children to learn and develop appropriately. One of the ways that this can be achieved is through a literacy rich environment specifically with the use of story reading and storytelling.