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The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids
Sarah MacKenzie
4.31 AVERAGE
362 reviews for:
The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids
Sarah MacKenzie
4.31 AVERAGE
This is a great read especially if you want to learn more about how and why to read aloud with your kids.
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This book was really encouraging for me to read. I sometimes feel guilty that I should be reading to my kids more often, but this book wasn’t a guilt trip at all. The book is really practical and has helped me to have a little more joy while reading to my kids!
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I have been a fan of the Read Aloud Revival podcast for a long time, so I knew I would love this book. I listened to it on audio. While a lot of what Sarah covers in the book can be found on the podcast, the way all the information was condensed and woven together in this book was so helpful to me!
This book addresses why reading aloud to kids is so beneficial for children, as well as covering practical tips for getting started in reading aloud to your kids and connecting to them using books. I especially loved reading about the questions she asks her kids to help initiate a discussion about the books they are reading.
While I really enjoyed this book on audio, I do wish I had a physical copy of the book for the book lists - she includes recommended reading for four different age groups, and I have a lot of books I want to check out at the library now!
This book addresses why reading aloud to kids is so beneficial for children, as well as covering practical tips for getting started in reading aloud to your kids and connecting to them using books. I especially loved reading about the questions she asks her kids to help initiate a discussion about the books they are reading.
While I really enjoyed this book on audio, I do wish I had a physical copy of the book for the book lists - she includes recommended reading for four different age groups, and I have a lot of books I want to check out at the library now!
Seemed to be a fangirl's guide/cheerleading to Trelease's book "The Read-aloud handbook."
Has a Christian/homeschooling strain to it which may be helpful or alternatively off-putting, though it was neutral for me.
Has a Christian/homeschooling strain to it which may be helpful or alternatively off-putting, though it was neutral for me.
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Loved this book. I was avidly read to as a child. That sentence somehow still feels like an understatement.
This book illuminated so much of the magic I never noticed in a read-aloud family. I think my mom built strong connections with us through reading to us and I felt like Sarah Mackenzie inspires and equips readers to create a read-aloud legacy in their homes. The practical tips of what kids can do while reading and book suggestions were excellent. I also really enjoyed the thoughts on questions to ask kids while reading together.
Favorite Part - The Questions (classic Christina):
What does the character want, and why can’t he or she have it? (What does Dorothy Gail want most, and why can’t she have it?)
Should he or she have done that? (Should Goldilocks have entered the bears’ cottage?)
How is X like Y? or How is X different from Y? (How is Pooh like/different from Piglet?)
Who is the most _______ in this story? (ambitious, bold, brave, bright, calm, capable, careful, cautious, charming, considerate, cowardly, creative, dangerous, dauntless, deceptive, disloyal, demanding, determined, faithful, foolish, friendly, generous, grateful, greedy, happy, hard-working, honest, humorous, intelligent, loving, merciful, mysterious, naughty, nervous, noble, obnoxious, persistent, pleasant, proud, reliable, resourceful, restless, sad, selfish, selfless, sharp-witted, sincere, thoughtful, unkind, unselfish, virtuous, wise, witty)
What does this story or character remind you of?
What is the character most afraid of? Why?
What would you change about the setting or main character if you were writing this book?
What surprised you most?
Which character most reminds you of yourself? Why?
What is something you don’t want to forget from this book?
My read-aloud family story:
The first book I remember being read to me was a long, thin board book with babies on it (maybe my favorite book before I turned 2) and the last book I remember my mom reading aloud to me was the biography of Hudson Taylor (read to me the summer after my freshman year in college). There were definitely seasons where I felt "too cool" for read-alouds, but inevitably my portable DVD player would run out of batteries on a road trip or mom would capitalize on my slow eating over a meal and squeeze in more reading time. When I got to grad school, I found it broke up the monotony of all the academic reading to occasionally read textbooks or the Bible aloud. Then I started working in Res Life and loved to use a children's book or bible as a team devotional. A favorite RA would often read to me excerpts of his favorite books (the google book preview pages - not in any order) and reading aloud became more endearing. We even started a read-aloud club during the pandemic and I tuned in to watch Annie F Downs and Andrew Peterson read on Instagram. I've experienced read-aloud magic many times, but this book gave me words and specifics to help me better spread the read-aloud movement.
This book illuminated so much of the magic I never noticed in a read-aloud family. I think my mom built strong connections with us through reading to us and I felt like Sarah Mackenzie inspires and equips readers to create a read-aloud legacy in their homes. The practical tips of what kids can do while reading and book suggestions were excellent. I also really enjoyed the thoughts on questions to ask kids while reading together.
Favorite Part - The Questions (classic Christina):
What does the character want, and why can’t he or she have it? (What does Dorothy Gail want most, and why can’t she have it?)
Should he or she have done that? (Should Goldilocks have entered the bears’ cottage?)
How is X like Y? or How is X different from Y? (How is Pooh like/different from Piglet?)
Who is the most _______ in this story? (ambitious, bold, brave, bright, calm, capable, careful, cautious, charming, considerate, cowardly, creative, dangerous, dauntless, deceptive, disloyal, demanding, determined, faithful, foolish, friendly, generous, grateful, greedy, happy, hard-working, honest, humorous, intelligent, loving, merciful, mysterious, naughty, nervous, noble, obnoxious, persistent, pleasant, proud, reliable, resourceful, restless, sad, selfish, selfless, sharp-witted, sincere, thoughtful, unkind, unselfish, virtuous, wise, witty)
What does this story or character remind you of?
What is the character most afraid of? Why?
What would you change about the setting or main character if you were writing this book?
What surprised you most?
Which character most reminds you of yourself? Why?
What is something you don’t want to forget from this book?
My read-aloud family story:
The first book I remember being read to me was a long, thin board book with babies on it (maybe my favorite book before I turned 2) and the last book I remember my mom reading aloud to me was the biography of Hudson Taylor (read to me the summer after my freshman year in college). There were definitely seasons where I felt "too cool" for read-alouds, but inevitably my portable DVD player would run out of batteries on a road trip or mom would capitalize on my slow eating over a meal and squeeze in more reading time. When I got to grad school, I found it broke up the monotony of all the academic reading to occasionally read textbooks or the Bible aloud. Then I started working in Res Life and loved to use a children's book or bible as a team devotional. A favorite RA would often read to me excerpts of his favorite books (the google book preview pages - not in any order) and reading aloud became more endearing. We even started a read-aloud club during the pandemic and I tuned in to watch Annie F Downs and Andrew Peterson read on Instagram. I've experienced read-aloud magic many times, but this book gave me words and specifics to help me better spread the read-aloud movement.