Study after study confirms that reading aloud to your kids has numerous benefits. We know that it promotes language dev ...

For kids in 1st grade and up who are starting to read independently, these books blend camping excitement with themes of bravery, friendship, and new experiences. Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping by ...

It's not always easy to convince kids that reading isn't a chore. But reading aloud can help. Here are a few ways to help you find joy — and value — in reading aloud as a family.

Once children know how to read on their own, there is a tendency to cut back on reading aloud to them. “Reading aloud to students in K-3 is a super way to build knowledge and vocabulary and should be ...

New Neuroscience Shows Why It’s So Important to Read Aloud to Your Kids. Surveys show fewer parents are reading aloud to their kids. Here’s why even the busiest of parents should make the time.

For a read-aloud option (other than mom or dad): MrsP.com, a free children’s entertainment website, features actress Kathy Kinney as Mrs. P, who narrates classic children’s stories.

But read-alouds are now imperiled by the need to make sure that kids have mastered all the standards that await them in evaluation, an even more daunting task since the start of the pandemic.

Reading aloud isn’t as common for adults as it is for children, but research shows the practice to be beneficial for all ages in reducing stress, improving memory and helping build intimate bonds.

So it introduces more complex ideas, words and sentence patterns. This is why reading aloud to your children is a parental superpower – you can continue to build where the school learning stops.

“In this way, read-aloud [sessions] help children discover the fun in reading and boost their creative imagination.” Fitriana has read books aloud to her three children since they were babies.