Reading To Your Child: The Difference It Makes

Plants and Animals





Photo credit:

California elementary school teacher doing shared reading. Kathleen Tomscha, CC BY

If you are a parent or a teacher, you most probably read stories to young children. Together, you laugh and point at the pictures. You engage them with a few simple questions. And they respond.

So what happens to children when they participate in shared reading? Does it make a difference to their learning? If so, what aspects of their learning are affected?

Shared Reading For Language Development