Declare this YOUR year of READING!

It is very easy to get off topic when there is no reading going on. I do miss it. 
So I thought I would take a little time out to doodle about around reading stuff. I found this logo in an image search. Nice huh!

Anyways, I dug around for some interesting facts to share about reading. 

I am told reading aloud is the foundation for literacy development. Some say it is the single most important activity for reading success because it provides children with a demonstration of how to read!

It also shows the rewards of reading very clearly, and develops the listener's interest in books and nurtures a desire to be a reader. Cool. 

Also, listening to others read develops key understanding and skills, such as an appreciation for how a story is written and getting up to speed with what everyone else knows. So when children hear "once upon a time" and "happily ever after" they feel part of something BIGGER.

Another awesome fact is that children can listen on a higher language level than they can read. So, reading aloud to children helps make them even smarter. New words, longer words, words never used before. When you read children a story, there is a possibility that you are helping a less able readers to the same rich and engaging books that really good and fluent readers read on their own. Reading aloud can entice children to become better readers. 

ANY AGE benefit from hearing an experienced reading of a wonderful book. 

When was the last time someone read to you? Go on, dare you. Read to a friend, and have them read to you this weekend.  

Listen. Money where my mouth is time. Let me tell you a quick story...


Have you heard the Story of The Empty Barn?

There was nothin' in it!! L8tr........