![]() ![]() Air Force-commissioned study of toddlers found that read-aloud triggered certain brain cells, strengthened existing synaptic connections, and created new brain cells and connections. The evidence is not just anecdotal: Led by Patricia McGee, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at San Antonio, a U.S. Consider this sentence from William Steig’s The Amazing Bone: “Later she sat on the ground in the forest between school and home, and spring was so bright and beautiful, the warm air touched her so tenderly, she could almost feel herself changing into a flower.” Children who regularly hear complex syntax like this develop a better command of language. All babies learn language by listening to spoken conversation. ![]() Let me give you the highlights.įirst, the academic and cognitive benefits. Entire doctoral theses have been written and hundreds of research studies conducted to quantify the value of read-aloud. Why am I so passionate about reading aloud? Besides being thoroughly enjoyable, it is the single best thing you can do to set your child up for success in school and life. ![]() If I didn’t insist on a break to do other things, I think Payton would be content to have me read until my voice gives out. ![]() Sometimes we read six or seven stories in one sitting. My granddaughter Payton deposits a pile of books in my lap and shuffles through them, deciding which she wants me to read first. ![]()
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