Jamie Martin, author of the fabulous book Give Your Child the World, pegged read-alouds to dinnertime. While she finished dinner prep, her husband read to the kids at the dinner table to help them wind down from the day’s activities and get in a calmer mood. Then Jamie set out the dinner plates, and everyone ate and chatted about their days. Jamie or her husband (whoever finished eating first) then picked up the book again and read for another ten to fifteen minutes. Dinnertime was already a habit in the Martin home, so adding a read-aloud to it just made sense. It also made read-aloud time
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