RAR #94: The Lowdown on Reading Aloud to 0-3 Year Olds
Guess what? The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids is now available everywhere!
In this episode, I’m thrilled to share a little from the book about reading aloud to your 0-3 years olds. And of course, I’ll make a couple of book suggestions …
Of course.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
- the most important thing when it comes to reading aloud to kids age 0-3
- problems you’ll run into when reading with babies and toddlers (and how to navigate them)
- my favorite trick for reading aloud when toddlers are melting down — it’s like MAGIC
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Listener Guide
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- 2:51 A common question
- 5:39 Why read-aloud to newborns and toddlers?
- 8:34 What can trip you up
- 9:49 Choosing books for this age group
- 13:04 A helpful trick
- 14:11 Favorite books for 0-3’s
- 18:51 Let the kids speak
Links from this episode:
- Order The Read-Aloud Family
- Get the audio version of The Read-Aloud Family (read by Sarah Mackenzie) right here
- Use the hashtag #readaloudfamily to share photos on social media
- RAR #19: Reading Aloud to Toddlers – the Why and How
- RAR #35: Reading Aloud with Toddler (and other littles) Underfoot
Books from this episode:
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5 years of reading picture books, I’m kinda tired of the really simple few-words-a-page ones. After listening to this episode, I think I’m going to cull our board book and picture book stash, keep just my daughter’s (and mine!) favorites. Maybe then I can justify buying some new (chapter) books to my husband ;) haha
My daughter’s all time favourite book is pancakes pancakes, i think i have read it 1000 times:) Have you ever hid a book just to get a break from it?:)
I’d love suggestion for top audible books for 3-5 year olds (even if they’re not on sale right now). I’ve got a few credits and would like to get something my kids would love to listen to with me ☺️
Reading your book now and BAWLING!! Love it! I want to wake my kids up for one more chapter, one more moment❤️❤️❤️
Thanks Sarah,
I too wondered if I needed your new book as I have listed to every episode and I’m a premium Member. But then you sent out that little introductory chapter….Reading it online was hard – I needed a Book Dart to place something that truly resonated with me, and then I read further and needed to copy another quote….so rather than print out chapter 1, I took the plunge and ordered my hard copy. Your insight has helped so much that I can almost guarantee I will be reading it more than once. Thanks so much for all you do to inspire us, Bridget
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I am a reporter for Spokane newspaper The Spokesman-Review. I’m interested in writing a short Family article on 5 tips for Reading Aloud as a Family. I see you’ll be speaking this week in Spokane, but if I could talk to you today (March 27) or tomorrow (March 28 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. during day before your event) that would really help me. Thanks,
Treva Lind
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