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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
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Wonderful book recommendations and advice on how to best start (and continue!) reading aloud to your children. It really is one of the best ways to strengthen your family culture. I’ll continue to use this as a tool when I’m searching for our next read aloud.
“We read in the hope that our children will feel the heartbeat of a hero thrumming within them and look to the heavens and ask, ‘What great thing have I been created to accomplish?’” Sarah Mackenzie The Read-Aloud Family
This book was borrowed from the library but I think I will soon purchase to keep as a reference. Terrific insight about the continued value of reading aloud even after your children can read on their own. As well as recommendations for family read-aloud titles from birth through the teen years.
This book was borrowed from the library but I think I will soon purchase to keep as a reference. Terrific insight about the continued value of reading aloud even after your children can read on their own. As well as recommendations for family read-aloud titles from birth through the teen years.
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Over the years my husband and I have gone through different phases of reading aloud to each other and to our kids. Sometimes we read daily and the kids are engrossed the entire time, others it’s a battle to get through a page and we are frustrated and ready to give up reading aloud forever. This book was so encouraging and informational. It made me want to read aloud to my kids again and keep trying even when it’s hard. There were several recs included and we’ve been slowly trying to make our way (unsuccessfully) through some. This summer it’s my goal to really try because it really is so valuable.
Every parent should read this book. I’ve always read aloud to my kids but this book has inspired me to make even more time for reading aloud, ask compelling questions, and create a book-loving culture in our home. I also highly recommend Sarah’s delightful podcast-Read Aloud Revival. There are so many awesome suggestions for read-alouds as well (from babies to teens).
inspiring
slow-paced
After waiting since March 2021 (yes, March) – I was thrilled to finally get this audiobook from my library. Sarah Mackenzie’s The Read-Aloud Family is a bestseller on the importance of reading aloud to one’s children. I think most people would agree that reading is highly valuable for children, as it expands and improves their vocabulary, reading comprehension, critical thinking, creativity and imagination, and more. No one debates the fact that kids who read are set up for success in school and in their careers.
Mackenzie takes this one step further, presenting evidence on how it’s not just reading that is important for your children – it’s also reading aloud. She believes that it is reading aloud, together as a family, that creates meaningful bonds with children in our fast-paced, technology-driven world. She discusses how reading aloud can help set your kids up for success, talks about the importance of not associating reading with academics but keeping it personal, provides tips and tricks for making Read-Aloud Time actually happen, debunks myths about reading aloud, and even provides book lists for different kids’ ages. Mackenzie believes that no parent will look back on their parenting years and regretfully say, “I read too much to my kids.”
As a new mom, I have to admit: this book got me pretty excited. I finished chapters and went running to my husband with all kinds of ideas I want to implement as our son grows up. As a mom of six, Mackenzie knows that life is messy and chaotic, and her ideas of incorporating reading were hugely practical and realistic. Her tips, like on how to make Read-Aloud Time fun, were so helpful, and the way she shattered myths about what reading aloud needed to be or look like was insightful and encouraging. I also enjoyed the booklists she included at the end and found myself adding more than twenty books to my Goodreads list for the future.
The book itself is a simple but entertaining read. It’s not too long, and it’s not overwhelming. Mackenzie herself reads the audiobook version, and it very much feels like a conversation with a friend as she tells stories from her own family and uses her experiences to connect with her readers.
I came away from this book full of fresh ideas and excitement, eager to incorporate reading aloud into my family. I would definitely recommend The Read-Aloud Family to anyone but especially to moms with young kids and homeschooling families. As an aside, Mackenzie is the host of the Read-Aloud Revival podcast. Check out her website at https://readaloudrevival.com/ to listen to the podcast, to find book recommendations, and for homeschooling resources and support.
www.theliteratureladies.com
Mackenzie takes this one step further, presenting evidence on how it’s not just reading that is important for your children – it’s also reading aloud. She believes that it is reading aloud, together as a family, that creates meaningful bonds with children in our fast-paced, technology-driven world. She discusses how reading aloud can help set your kids up for success, talks about the importance of not associating reading with academics but keeping it personal, provides tips and tricks for making Read-Aloud Time actually happen, debunks myths about reading aloud, and even provides book lists for different kids’ ages. Mackenzie believes that no parent will look back on their parenting years and regretfully say, “I read too much to my kids.”
As a new mom, I have to admit: this book got me pretty excited. I finished chapters and went running to my husband with all kinds of ideas I want to implement as our son grows up. As a mom of six, Mackenzie knows that life is messy and chaotic, and her ideas of incorporating reading were hugely practical and realistic. Her tips, like on how to make Read-Aloud Time fun, were so helpful, and the way she shattered myths about what reading aloud needed to be or look like was insightful and encouraging. I also enjoyed the booklists she included at the end and found myself adding more than twenty books to my Goodreads list for the future.
The book itself is a simple but entertaining read. It’s not too long, and it’s not overwhelming. Mackenzie herself reads the audiobook version, and it very much feels like a conversation with a friend as she tells stories from her own family and uses her experiences to connect with her readers.
I came away from this book full of fresh ideas and excitement, eager to incorporate reading aloud into my family. I would definitely recommend The Read-Aloud Family to anyone but especially to moms with young kids and homeschooling families. As an aside, Mackenzie is the host of the Read-Aloud Revival podcast. Check out her website at https://readaloudrevival.com/ to listen to the podcast, to find book recommendations, and for homeschooling resources and support.
www.theliteratureladies.com
2 stars. This book is worth skimming for the 10 questions to ask your kids after reading a story (probably great for adult book clubs too), but for me it wasn’t worth reading in its entirety. There were too many chapters of generic encouragement that could have been condensed into a couple paragraphs.
The 10 questions:
-What does the character want, and why can’t they have it?
-Should the character have done X?
-How is X like Y? Or how is X different from Y? (Compare characters, objects, books)
-Who is the most ____ in this story? (Considerate, honest, mysterious, restless, witty, etc.)
-What does this story or character remind you of?
-What is the character most afraid of?
-What would you change about the setting or main character if you were writing this book? (Wait until kids are 7 and up to ask this)
-What surprised you most?
-Which character most reminds you of yourself?
-What is something you don’t want to forget from this book (or from this chapter)?
I didn’t read the last two chapters of book recommendations for older children and teens.
I didn’t read the last two chapters of book recommendations for older children and teens.
This book was recommended in Home Learning Year by Year. I skimmed the ebook.