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Carol Spaeth-Bauer | In the Meantime
For the love of reading
As adults I think we take reading aloud for granted. I loved reading to my children and now can enjoy that same activity with my grandson. My favorite books have always been the ones I can read with the most expression, changing voices to fit the character or tone to fit the action or mood of the storyline.
Reading aloud can bring a book to life and engage a child in the act of reading for pleasure. In the early years, children are learning to read so that later they can read to learn. That's why the Interpretive Reading program in the Mukwonago Area School District is important.
As the children practice their selections, their fluency in reading improves, enunciation becomes clearer, and they learn to engage their audience by looking up occasionally from the book. These are skills that everyone needs throughout their lives. Even though they read before a "judge" the judge offers suggestions for improvement and provides a pat on the back for the effort extended, since any time spent reading is time well-spent.
In today's technological age, this interaction with a captive audience is vital. While technology is wonderful, nothing can replace sitting on a lap wrapped up in a tall tale, listening to the excitement in the reader's voice as the action in the story soars to a climatic peak, leaving the readers pleased to have been part of the journey the characters followed.
My years spent helping with district or school activities have been defined by reading either through the Interpretive Reading program, the SPARC book bag program or reading tutoring. Some of the students I helped tutor in reading have graduated and gone on to bigger and better things, but they always recognized the time we spent bent over a book.
If there is only one gift I could pass on to any youngster, it would be a love of reading because with that they can travel as far as their imaginations will allow and their favorite authors will take them.
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