In a recent conversation, a friend of mine shared how one of her children had been diagnosed with dyslexia. They were working to overcome the difficulty, but the obstacle was still troubling to her as a mother. “After all,” she mourned, “children learn so much more if they’re able to read. They miss so much if they can’t!”
I agreed, but then reminded her that children don’t have to just learn from reading by themselves. They can also learn a lot through family read-aloud times.
The problem is, busy schedules and the distractions of fast-paced media can sometimes make reading aloud seem like an unappetizing process. So how can families successfully execute this all-important activity of reading aloud?
I discovered some interesting insights on that topic while recently perusing one of