{Mom Hacks} *Reading Aloud

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In all of my studies and pursuits of the best way to educate a child at home, I’ve been overwhelmingly convinced that the greatest investment you can make in your child’s life is to read aloud to him. 

Our school days are heavily driven by reading aloud. We spend a lot of time on couches next to a stack of books. Here are some of the tricks I have found to create an environment of fertile ground for learnings.

1. Busy hands, quiet mouths. Allow them to fidget, draw, take notes, or play as long as there is minimal noise.

2. Short sessions. We started reading in 15 minute blocks. We’ve worked up to about 30 minutes, but I am aware of mental fatigue and quickly move to something else when it begins to manifest. Fidgeting, sighing, staring out the window...

3. Break up reading with OTHER things. Between reading blocks, we wrote, draw, listen to music, observe works of art, etc. anything to engage their brains differently.

4. Don’t take yourself or your kids too seriously. It takes margins to live together. Give grace whenever you can, and laugh a little. It helps.

Read, baby mama, read!!!

Lvb

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