Comments on: How to read aloud every day https://simplehomeschool.net/how-to-read-aloud-every-day/ Never let your schooling interrupt your education. Wed, 28 Jan 2026 21:03:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Joy https://simplehomeschool.net/how-to-read-aloud-every-day/#comment-516391 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=37772#comment-516391 Well this article just confirmed why I was feeling so refreshed ever since I started reading aloud to myself one psalm and one proverb in the bible everyday so today I decided to check out the importance of reading aloud and that is how i found myself here I am so impressed by this article. I was never read to as a child but I live alone now and I am loving reading aloud poems and the bible never ha e thought about other books so now I know my next adventure thank you!

]]> By: Purva Brown https://simplehomeschool.net/how-to-read-aloud-every-day/#comment-373702 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=37772#comment-373702 I love the idea of pegging it so it gets done daily. We usually read aloud later in the afternoon after school is done, so it’s “pegged” in a way before the electronics come out. But this idea might just work for the toddler who’s not as interested in sitting through long chapters of Narnia.

]]> By: Jo https://simplehomeschool.net/how-to-read-aloud-every-day/#comment-341711 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=37772#comment-341711 We read bible stories at breakfast and quite often poetry at lunchtime. I find the act of sitting down to a meal at the table is a way of having a captive audience! We also read on and off through the day when they request a book or if I think we need some calming cosy time. We also read at bedtime every night for about 15 minutes or more. On top of this much of our schooling is reading living books. A whole lot of reading going on here!

]]> By: Tehila https://simplehomeschool.net/how-to-read-aloud-every-day/#comment-323289 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=37772#comment-323289 I have just started reading aloud to our 5 children daily. They absolutely love it, and I am enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would :-). When I think I’m done each day, I ask, “Who is up for another chapter?” Our 10 year old son is always the one to jump up and down and be the one to be up for it, while the others have had enough.

I have found that having a separate read aloud time with him from a book we are working through together is a really great solution. Seeing the special time my son and I share doing this, my 13 year old daughter has now also requested that we start our own read aloud time with a book she is interested in reading.

While this may be a challenge time-wise (reading a separate book with individual children), I am finding that it is invaluable quality time and attention, and is drawing us closer together. A worthwhile investment!

I love the way the post is so realistic for busy moms, encouraging even 5 minutes a day!

Thank you so much. I have greatly benefitted from these words!

Blessings 🙂

]]> By: Wendy Dykema https://simplehomeschool.net/how-to-read-aloud-every-day/#comment-314264 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=37772#comment-314264 In reply to Wendy Dykema.

Sorry, forgot website. http://www.UsborneHappy.com

]]> By: Wendy Dykema https://simplehomeschool.net/how-to-read-aloud-every-day/#comment-314262 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=37772#comment-314262 Sarah,
You’ve hit on something that is experiencing a revival in our country! The reading aloud tradition is an important one. I work with a company that believes in the power of reading aloud – whole-heartedly – and works to ensure parents and children have the best books to do that. No dreadful feelings before Read Aloud time! They also carry a book called The Read-Aloud Handbook, which I have used in literacy-help talks to moms’ groups! I love how you broke this down so simply, and manageably. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I will definitely cite your blog in the future. Happy Reading!
– Wendy Dykema, Usborne Happy

]]> By: melanie https://simplehomeschool.net/how-to-read-aloud-every-day/#comment-310937 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=37772#comment-310937 This is timely encouragement. I used to this when my older two were preschool and early elementary age. The Lord has led us to put our middle two in a Spanish immersion school and the 10 and 2 year old are home. So we’ve lost the reading aloud habit and I’m determined to get it back this summer. Thanks for the 100 day check off list!

My biggest question is finding the right books for all our different ages and personalities. My 10 year old is a voracious reader and has already read some of the books I intended to read aloud and doesn’t want to join us for a book she already knows. And my just turned 6 year old is EXTREMELY sensitive to ANYTHING scary or ANY stories of children without parents. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY CHILDREN’S BOOKS INVOLVED DEAD, DYING, OR ABSENT PARENTS?!

I’ve been dreaming of the day I could read The Chronicles of Narnia to my children and twice now we haven’t been able to get past the first chapter without fear and tears. It has definitely taken the wind out of my sails.

And then there have been books that just haven’t drawn us in. Lots of people had recommended The Great Brain and we read around 30 pages and were all kind of “Womp Womp” about it. So we didn’t have much desire to go forward. Another “wind out of our sails” moment. And then, we have a toddler…

Not trying to complain, but being realistic about the challenges to reading aloud. I am committed to doing it this summer, just praying for the right books to engage and lead us all in to this wonderful family time!

]]> By: Sarah Mackenzie https://simplehomeschool.net/how-to-read-aloud-every-day/#comment-307067 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=37772#comment-307067 In reply to Michelle O..

Great ideas, Michelle!

]]> By: Sarah Mackenzie https://simplehomeschool.net/how-to-read-aloud-every-day/#comment-307066 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=37772#comment-307066 In reply to Alice.

I like how you’ve compartmentalized it that way– one of the things that bugs me is when we are so busy reading schooly books that we don’t get to the really awesome literature every day. Doing it your way would fix that! Thanks!

]]> By: Sarah Mackenzie https://simplehomeschool.net/how-to-read-aloud-every-day/#comment-307065 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=37772#comment-307065 In reply to Hannah.

Yep, I die on that one too. 🙂 Thanks, Hannah!

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