On Reading Aloud:

Print-Out Stories For Read-Alouds

 

            Today's Snack: The Internet is "loaded" with great resources about reading. So why don't you bake a potato in the microwave (be sure to poke it with a fork first), cut an "X" in it after it has cooled a little bit, squish it open, and "load" it with your favorite toppings - sour cream, ranch dip, bacon bits, shredded cheddar, minced green onion, etc. Yumm! Load up on milk with a tall glass to go with your loaded potato.

 

 

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Whether you're a parent or running an after-school program for kids, you know that they really need to listen to books read aloud. It beefs up their language skill as well as their motivation to read more fun books all on their own.

 

You know you should read to every child or teen for a half-hour or an hour a day. That'd be easy - if there were 42 hours in a day.

 

But everybody today is awfully busy. Often, parents or youth-serving professionals can't get to the library or children's bookstore, so there aren't any fresh, new kiddie books around for reading aloud. What are you going to read, the ingredient labels on the cans you opened for dinner? The receipt from the pizza box?

 

If you have to read Good Night, Moon one more time, your head will explode. And somehow, reading the Wall Street Journal or the racing form to a young child just doesn't quite fill the bill.

 

            But here's a solution: go online to find stories that you can download, print out, put in a three-ring binder, and pull out to read when you're in a pinch. Find them here:

 

http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/crr/index.htm