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The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids
Sarah MacKenzie
4.31 AVERAGE
363 reviews for:
The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids
Sarah MacKenzie
4.31 AVERAGE
Awesome! How did I get more books for my TBR list while reading this book? Great resource for other books and loved the practical examples of why reading aloud is so important.
This book is excellently written. I loved all of the information and her point of view on the subject. It has really opened my eyes on the importance of conversation and not just reading it to get it done with my children. I have also found myself now asking those same questions as I am reading which is exciting to me! I loved it!
I LOVED this book. Reading aloud to your children is by far one of the most important and beautiful gifts you can give to them.
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I wish the fact that the Christian author is speaking only to Christian parents were more openly advertised in the synopsis. I was able to meander my way around the religious content but it was pervasive. The author has every right to write the book in this fashion, I just would have appreciated a heads-up.
I knew I’d appreciate and enjoy this book, but I didn’t expect to love it as much as I did. After all, I’d already read The Read Aloud Handbook! I am happy to say that it exceeded my expectations. It was warmly written, engaging, informative, inspiring, and so so encouraging! I got so many ideas to encourage reading aloud in our family, but beyond even that, it put my mind at ease about the disparities between how I imagine reading aloud to my kids will look verses how it actually looks. And her suggestions for books to read aloud are SPOT ON. I highly HIGHLY recommend this book for parents and anyone who loves the kids in their life.
I feel like I should mention that this book has elements of faith woven in because it appears some readers don’t know that going in? As a Christian myself, and a parent who is interested in that aspect of my children’s lives, I found it a lovely addition to the book, but hardly preachy. I obviously can’t speak for everyone, but I feel even people who aren’t Christians and don’t care about faith would get a great deal out of the book. But if you don’t want anything regarding faith to appear in your reading life, now you know.
I feel like I should mention that this book has elements of faith woven in because it appears some readers don’t know that going in? As a Christian myself, and a parent who is interested in that aspect of my children’s lives, I found it a lovely addition to the book, but hardly preachy. I obviously can’t speak for everyone, but I feel even people who aren’t Christians and don’t care about faith would get a great deal out of the book. But if you don’t want anything regarding faith to appear in your reading life, now you know.
hopeful
informative
inspiring
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Too much about God, bibles, and homeschooling. Also too much paraphrasing another book (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11089.The_Read_Aloud_Handbook?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=wzK7oQnzlT&rank=2).
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
A great resource for books to read aloud with your family and compelling arguments for why reading aloud is beneficial. This book is distinctly written from a Christian perspective and while I did appreciate that, it was not necessarily advertised or noted on the front of the book and it may hinder others from reading.
A result- I definitely want to read more juvenile fiction and read with my kids more often!
A result- I definitely want to read more juvenile fiction and read with my kids more often!