Whether at home, preschool, or daycare, the opportunities to read aloud to young children abound
throughout the day. “The single most important activity for building the knowledge require for eventual success in
reading is reading aloud to children” (Anderson, Hiebert, Scott, & Wilkinson, 1985, p. 23). The key is for adults to
look for books that interest the child and take a few precious minutes to engage a child with a book. Young readers
are formed when reading role models are part of their everyday lives.
References
Anderson, R., Hiebert, E., Scott, J., & Wilkinson, I. (1985). Becoming a nation of readers: The report of
the commission on reading. Washington, DC: The National Institute of Education.
Fountas, I., & Pinnell, G. (1996). Guided reading: Good first teaching for all children. Portsmouth:
Heinemann.
Fountas, I., & Pinnell, G. (2001). Guiding readers and writers: Teaching comprehension, genre, and
content literacy. Portsmouth: Heinemann.
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