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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
My daughter just started 4th grade. She reads at a 7th grade level. She had the books that she could chew on, they were for her to read. When I read to her, I read her books that were more challenging that what she could read herself. She would interrupt me often to ask about what I had read to her, and then we would take the time to talk about the idea she wanted to now more about.
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This.
I'd ask everyone to recall where they were sitting (or lying down if they were) when being read to... And where and how you sit now if you are reading to your kids. And how you felt at the time...
My memories of being read to by my Mum are warm and fuzzy. I would be on her lap, or she would be sitting with me on my bed, me under the covers and her with an arm around me, whilst we read a book. It wasnt just about reading, it was also about bonding, which is just as important, I think. Without that, I doubt that I would have become the avid reader that I am now.
If I had children, I would be reading to them from paper books. Its a together thing. If they wanted ebooks when they were reading independently, fine... But I just dont get the same sense of togetherness from the notion of reading to a child from a tablet/ereader (in spite of those being my own preferred media these days).