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The Benefits of Reading Aloud with Children:
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 Children's self-esteem grows as they experience the
security of having a parent or other caring person read aloud with them.
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Children learn listening skills, vocabulary, and language
skills.
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Children develop imagination and creativity.
- Children learn concepts and information about the world around them.
- Children learn positive behavior patterns and social
conduct.
- Children learn positive attitudes towards themselves and others.
- Children learn the joy of reading!
"The time a parent spends reading aloud with his or her children will
result in a higher level of attachment, a sense of security, and knowledge by
children that their parent feels they are worthwhile people with whom to spend
time."
E.K. McEwan, Ed.D., "How to Raise a Reader", 1987
"Reading books with children is a powerful way of introducing them to
literacy, and it is the one early experience that has been identified as making
a difference in later success in learning to read in school."
Anderson, Hiebert, Scott & Wilkinson, 1985
"If every parent of a child aged 1 through 9 spent one hour reading or
working on schoolwork with a child 5 days a week, American parents would
annually devote at least 8.7 billion hours to supporting their children's
reading. The cost of a child's teacher spending that one-on-one time would be
around $230 billion to American taxpayers."
U.S. Department of Education, 1994
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