If we are always reading aloud something that is more difficult than children can read themselves then when they come to that book later, or books like that, they will be able to read them - which is why even a fifth grade teacher, even a tenth grade teacher, should still be reading to children aloud. There is always something that is too intractable for kids to read on their own.
Mem FoxPutting babies as young as two weeks into child care for the first year of their life, for 60 hours a week, will cause their brains damage.
Mem FoxReading aloud and talking about what we're reading sharpens children's brains. It helps develop their ability to concentrate at length, to solve problems logically, and to express themselves more easily and clearly.
Mem FoxYou experience other cultures to give you a kind of shock that makes you look at your own culture. You appreciate it more as a result of being out of it, but you also realise there are some things lacking in your culture.
Mem FoxThe fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading. It isnโt achieved by the book alone, nor by the child alone, nor by the adult whoโs reading aloudโitโs the relationship winding between all three, bringing them together in easy harmony.
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