Why reading aloud makes learning fun. (column) From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: March 17, 1986| Author: Trelease, Jim | COPYRIGHT 1986 All rights reserved. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Why reading aloud makes learning fun It's really never too early to start reading to a child. If the child is old enough to talk to--and parents talk to their children from Day 1--then he or she is old enough to be read to as well. It doesn't matter that infants can't understand the words; the English language inside the covers of books is frequently a whole lot more organized, colorful and coherent than "koochie, koochie, koochie." Setting even a tiny child in front of a book and...

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