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W

hat if
there was
a simple
activity
you could
do with
your child
just about anywhere for as little as
20 minutes a day that is low-tech or
no-tech and costs little to nothing,
yet offers documented scholastic
and emotional benefits? Plus, it’s
something enjoyable that you already
know how to do. You’d jump on it,
right?
It’s reading aloud, and while many
parents know the benefits reading to
babies and toddlers can offer, they

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stop doing the practice on a regular
basis once their kids start reading on
their own.

with technology for kids’ attention
and that reading aloud can help us
strike a balance.

Jennifer Harrison, a K-8 literacy
specialist with Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools, notes that reading competes

“We want our kids to use
technology,” she says, “but we want
them to know how to use the wealth

TIPS FOR SNEAKING READING ALOUD TIME INTO YOUR BUSY DAY
• Take books along with you everywhere – to the doctor’s office
and to anywhere you could squeeze in some reading time.
• Build your own home library. Thrift store, yard sales and used
bookstores are a great place to start.
• Add the sharing of news items or quirky articles from the
internet or periodicals to your family dinner conversation.
• Make reading aloud a chapter of a book part of your child’s
bedtime routine.