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We All Love to Read!

Families that read together
help to show our children that reading is valued. Children who are read
to early on in life, associate reading as a pleasurable activity. We all
like to do things that are pleasurable or that bring us joy, and
children are no different. Reading aloud to your child is the best investment you can give to her or him.
***Highly Recommended: Jim Trelease's Read Aloud Handout
***Highly Recommended: Jim Trelease's Read Aloud Handout
Make Reading a Part of Every Day
Want to know how to get your
kids to love reading? It's a simple formula: children that are read to
the most, crave reading the most! Read to and with your child today and
everyday. You can keep on reading together even throughout middle school.
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The Benefits of Reading Aloud

Reading aloud to our children assists them in so many ways. It helps our kids to:
- Associate reading as a pleasurable activity
- See that reading is everywhere
- Learn that reading is valued
- Fall in love with language & reading
- View caregivers as reading role models
- Develop knowledge of written language syntax
- Improve their attention spans
- Build a good vocabulary bank
- Build skills to becoming lifelong learners
- Work out and relate to the psychological issues they face in books (fear of the dark, new siblings, going to school…in a gentle and safe manner)
- See that minds outside of our own have something important to say
- Become part of a community of readers
Tips for a Fantastic Read Aloud
Conducting a pleasurable read aloud experience simply requires time, a great book and enthusiasm. Have fun with it! The more that your child sees you enjoying the experience of reading, the more he or she will crave reading too! Below are some essential tips for having a fabulous reading session:
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More Ways to Encourage Reading

- Ask all immediate and extended family members to read to him or her.
- Read together everywhere. Read street signs, read on planes, read on the subway, at the beach, in the park, in waiting rooms
- Let your child see you reading for fun. Your child will naturally want to mimic you.
- Give books, comic books and magazine subscriptions as presents.
- Keep a magazine rack in the bathroom.
- Give older kids book lights, so they can read in bed.
- Sign up for a FREE public library card and visit often!
FREE Books for Your Pre-Schooler

The NYC Imagination Library is an initiative of the NYC DOE. The goal is to promote the development of emergent literacy & language skills that are important for every child’s success in school by encouraging all NYC parents to read aloud to their children from birth until age five. Just enroll your preschool child (age 0 to 5 yrs) in the NYC Imagination Library and a new, carefully selected, age-appropriate book will be mailed each month in your child’s name directly to your home. Books will begin arriving at your home six to eight weeks after your registration form has been received, and will continue every month until your child turns five. Your child will be eligible for this FREE program as long as you live within the five boroughs of NYC.
Enroll today at: http://www.nycimaginationlibrary.org
Enroll today at: http://www.nycimaginationlibrary.org
Recommended Authors

- Eric Carle
- Ezra Jack Keats
- Jon Sciezka
- J. K. Rowling
- Kevin Henkes
- Kate DiCamillo
- Laura Ingalls
- Maurice Sendak
- Mo Willems
- Nick Brute
- Robert Munsch
- Tomie Depaola
- Roald Dahl
Online Read Aloud Resources

World Read Aloud Day

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