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These are a collection of various Read Aloud Magic news items, published articles and press releases.
This article directory contains Read Aloud news, articles and press releases gathered from a variety of sources. Please contact us if you have comments about these articles or if you have any suggestions for future articles. I always appreciate hearing from you.
Local Author Signs Books About Read Aloud Learning
2009-12-03: Signal Mountain educator Susan Frankenberg will share her tutorial talents with the local community during a book signing at Wild Hare featuring the second edition of her book, "Read Aloud Magic." (This article published in the 12/03/2009 edition of the Signal Mtn. Weekly, by Katy Mena.) MORE...
Reading Aloud With Kids: A Dad's Perspective
2009-05-27: The changing role of fathers in today’s society asks more of us than ever before. A particular challenge for many of us is finding ways to forge and maintain strong emotional connections to our children as they grow. Reading aloud to our children not only allows us to promote the habit of literacy and to provide positive role models for our children, it also gives fathers a means to foster deeper emotional relationships with them. (March 10, 2009 by Brian Frank. Reprinted from Book Dads under a Creative Commons License.) MORE...
President-Elect Barack Obama Wants Parents to Read to Their Children
2008-12-09: President-elect Barack Obama, speaking with Tom Brokaw on Sunday morning’s Meet the Press, stated, “Yes, we’re going to have an education policy. Yes, we’re going to be putting more money into school construction. But ultimately, we want to talk to parents about reading to their kids.” This is only a part of what will ultimately become Obama’s comprehensive action plan to meet our country’s educational needs, but it's particularly significant because Obama’s top-of-mind response focuses on the responsibility of parents to contribute to the long-term literacy development and academic success of their children. MORE...
Ready to Read, Ready to Learn: An Education Initiative by Laura Bush
2008-10-02: Laura Bush understands the responsibility that parents and other adults have to help children develop strong cognitive skills in the early years so that they are prepared for school. As a former public school teacher, Mrs. Bush also knows that the quality of a child's education hinges on the quality of that child's teachers. (Article reprinted from The White House website.) MORE...
Understanding TV's Effects on the Developing Brain
2001-07-01: Negative outcomes have been observed in today's schools, which appear to be related to too much of the wrong kind of media exposure. An "epidemic" of attention deficit disorder, behavioral problems, faltering academic abilities, language difficulties (which extend to reading comprehension as well as oral expression), and weak problem-solving skills are reported by teachers across the United States. (Article Reprinted from the International Child and Youth Care Network)
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