It doesn’t take long after starting a read-aloud habit to realize that there are a LOT of good things happening when you are snuggled up on the couch, lost in a good book with your family.
But sometimes things get rough. And when that happens, it helps to get a bit more logical about the whole operation.
On today’s episode of the podcast, Dr. Joseph Price and I dig into:
- the wide-ranging effects of reading aloud
- how a short time reading together really can make a difference
- how to help kids get better at listening to read-alouds
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of the Read-Aloud Revival podcast
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Show Notes from today’s podcast:
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Before we link to the books in today’s podcast, I want to reach out to any of you who may need a hug after hearing about families who have struggled with miscarriages. If that’s you, might I suggest Karen Edmisten’s excellent book, After Miscarriage, or her blog post, Remembering My Lost Babies? And hey– I’m sending a hug your way, too. xo, Sarah
Books we talked about during the show:
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Books from today’s episode:
- The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease
- Grover Learns to Read by Dan Elliott
- Math Geek by Raphael Rosen
- Fermat’s Enigma by Simon Singh
- Science Fair Season by Judy Dutton
- The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Nancy Willard
- Archimedes and the Door of Science Jeanne Benedict
- Mathematicians are People Too from Dale Seymour Publications
- Lemony Snicket’s books
- The Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne
- The Sir Cumference series
- Sky Raiders by Brandon Mull
- Jurassic Park by Michael Chrichton
- Orson Scott Card books
- Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
- Grandmaster by David Klass
- The Hardy Boys series
- Books by James Michener
- Books by John Grisham
- Books by Tom Clancy
- Books by Michael Crichton
- The Babysitters Club series
- The Harry Potter series
- Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
- The Science of Harry Potter by Roger Highfield
- The Eureka Factor by John Kounios and Mark Beeman
- The Innovators by Walter Isaacson
- Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool
- Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
- Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
- The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
Other links from today’s show:
- Free Printable: Hope for the Overwhelmed Homeschooler
- RAR #09: What a Professor has to Say Abut reading Aloud, Dr. Catherine Pakaluk
- Dr. Price’s paper: The Effect of Parental Time Investments
- Dr. Price’s paper: Parent-Child Quality Time: Does Birth Order Matter?
- RAR #01: Reading Aloud to Older Kids, Andrew Pudewa
- Newberry Award winners
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