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    Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives
    Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives
    Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives
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    Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives

    Written by Mem Fox

    Narrated by Mem Fox

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    About this audiobook

    We all hope and expect our children will learn to read, but how many of us realize we can get our kids on the road to reading simply by reading aloud to them every day? With passion and humor, Mem Fox explains why reading aloud to young children has such an impact on their ability to readand on their entire lives. Writing as an ordinary mother as well as a bestselling author and internationally respected literacy expert, Fox explores when and where to read aloud and demonstrates with clear, easy-to-follow examples how to read aloud to best effect and how to get the most value and joy out of a read-aloud session. Filled with practical advice, activities, and inspiring true read-aloud miracles, this audiobook is a must for every parentand for anyone who would like to know more about how children learn to read.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOasis Audio
    Release dateFeb 1, 2009
    ISBN9781608144983
    Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives

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    • 3/5
      I loved this book because it explained very simply why we need to read to kids. There was a little advice on “how” also, but it got a little redundant in places. I think this needs to be condensed into a pamphlet and given to every parent after their child is born. The people who need to read this most probably aren’t going to pick up a paperback, but this information is necessary!
    • 5/5
      As a literacy expert and advocate, successful children's author, Mem Fox makes a strong and comendable case for reading to children from birth in "Reading Magic." Throughout the book, Fox mentions scientific studies regarding the connection between reading aloud and educational engagement as well as her personal accounts of how reading to children (and at times, even adults) have helped to build strong, loving relationships among families as well as a lifelong love of reading among everyone involved.

      While the book is not a manual meant to teach parents how to be educators, Fox offers useful tips that will help children become prepared to learn how to read. The tips rely on making reading fun and enjoyable for the child and the adult reading aloud. Reading aloud should not be not merely understood as a tried and tested means for assuring future academic success for children. Reading aloud is a means of creating wonderful memories and bonds that will last a lifetime.
    • 4/5
      Mem Fox is so positive and cheerful throughout, it seems inconceivable that after reading this book anyone would NOT want to read aloud to their children! I enjoyed her instruction, even in the simplest of ways, about making language musical.
    • 4/5
      Mem Fox keeps things simple and that’s exactly what I needed after listening to experts harangue the schools and teachers last week at the International Reading Association conference. Mem Fox says it all comes down to reading aloud. Do that with your children and your students three times a day and it will happen; children will be ready to learn to read. One thousand read-alouds and students will read.
    • 3/5
      good points
    • 4/5
      Insightful book with good advice. Mem Fox has wonderful suggestions and information on reading aloud to children. She really changes reading. Reading was never meant to be hard work. Mem recommends reading to your child especially at bedtime and even if they can read themselves. She also suggests that you never try to make you child learn a word by sounding it out. She suggests that parents who try to force their child to read will scare the child away from reading at all. There is a lot of good topics in this book. I think it really did change the way I'm going to introduce reading to my children.
    • 1/5
      Very repetitive. Would be more effective as an essay not a full length book.
    • 4/5
      Loved it! Short to the point and a few good ideas as far as making reading more fun for both parent and child.
    • 4/5
      This is a great book for elementary teachers, librarians, and parents.