Reading aloud is one of the most important literary activity for children to engage in. The main benefit from children getting read to is that it helps them to acquire early language skills and can ultimately set them up for success in reading and comprehension.
- "Children who fall seriously behind in the growth of critical early reading skills have fewer opportunities to practice reading. Evidence suggests that these lost practice opportunities make it extremely difficult for children who remain poor readers during the first three years of elementary school to ever acquire average levels of reading fluency." Torgeson, J. Avoiding the Devasting Downward Spiral, American Educator. (2004)
This activity can also build curiosity and motivation in the child, due to the language stimulation taking place. Also, this personal child-parent or child-adult interaction builds a sense of comfortability that can later be linked to books and reading. This can create more interest in reading for these children and later life. They could also begin to see reading as a coping mechanism due to the complacent ties formed to books through reading aloud.
Reading aloud also teaches children the skill of listening. This is very beneficial because it is an important characteristic for students to have when entering school. This can ultimately increase students' success in their schooling, while decreases the risk of having future school-related issues as an adolescent.
Below is a link to a short video discussing the importance of reading aloud to your children at home. It also provides multiple ways in which you, as a parent can incorporate reading into your child's every day life, as well as an easy way to create readings in your home that cater to your child's own personal interests.
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