A retired library school professor discusses his current involvement with children's literature and library story hours. He describes his experiences learning to do story telling; choosing stories; and using puppets, music, and fingerplays at a local public library. Sources of information are recommended. (Contains 12 references.) (EAM)

Presents answers to 12 questions parents might have about reading aloud to young children (e.g., why, how, when to begin, teaching reading, building a love of books, choosing books, and the whole-language approach). The article discusses the educational advantage reading aloud gives to children in their early years. (SM)

Describes a read-aloud program, "Language to Literacy," now used in several Texas school districts. Describes how language charts are used to record ideas from stories, help recall other stories, and notice similarities and differences among stories. (MG)

A fifth grade teacher describes how by reading classic literature aloud to her students each day, she helped them along the road to literature-based learning. She discusses the advantages of the whole-language approach. (SM)

It is argued that reading aloud to children in school is an important vehicle for developing a child's feelings and their correlative values. In response to possible charges of indoctrination, the author draws a parallel between first-language learning and the learning of a repertoire of feeling. (seven references) (Author/LB)

A system is described in which blind persons use telefacsimile machines to send unknown print to readers at a centralized readers' service, and facsimiles of the items are read to the senders over voice telephones. The article describes the specifications for equipment and protocols and presents preliminary findings concerning the system's…

Describes a year-long project in a first-grade class that established parallel literacy practices at home and in school, including reading books and writing dialog journals. (SR)

Investigates whether so-called poor spellers who are good readers are indeed good readers. Finds that three college students who appeared to be poor spellers but good readers were inefficient readers who committed numerous errors while reading aloud. Concludes that reading aloud and spelling involve phonological mediation and are not completely…

Describes how the authors worked with five groups of second and fourth graders using picture books written and illustrated by Patricia Polacco in a project that involved reading Polacco's books aloud to the children, encouraging their aesthetic engagement with books, valuing children's questions, and culminating in a session in which children…

Describes how teachers can support hearing parents in the use of strategies for reading effectively to children with deafness. Discusses using visual strategies for reading such as sign placement, text paired with sign demonstration, real-world connection between text and child's experience, and physical demonstration of character changes. (CR)

Five mothers of preschool children with mild language delays were taught strategies to encourage children to verbally participate during story-reading sessions. Mothers increased use of praise and expansions concurrent with the introduction of training on each strategy and children showed increases in the number and length of conversations.…

Examines the effects of exposures to children's literature through reading aloud and an inferencing strategy on low-reading-ability fifth-grade readers' sense of story structure and reading comprehension. Uses an experimental/control group repeated measures design. Finds that this study is consistent with other research that indicates the…

The most important activity for encouraging reading success is reading aloud, particularly during the preschool years. Presents information on: the benefits of reading aloud, making reading aloud enjoyable, what to do if a child resists, when to stop reading aloud, what to do if a child wants to look ahead in the book, and what comes after picture…

The introduction of historical and philosophical readings to outdoor education settings serves many purposes: inspiration to share personal stories, a sense of continued tradition, links across time to current practices, a way to frame complex notions of being, and opportunities for new understandings of outdoor experiences and clarification of…

Researchers have identified four types of at-home parental engagement consistently associated with school performance: actively organizing and monitoring children's time, helping with homework, discussing school matters with children, and promoting reading activities. Research has not consistently linked parents' in-school engagement and student…