“Read Aloud Memories” by Linda Martin Andersen
Happy World Read Aloud Day!–March 4, 2015. To learn more about this day, check here:
The theme: Read Aloud. Change the World.
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Some of my favorite read aloud memories include:
- a teacher who read aloud daily sharing an event that happened that day in history. As the school year progressed, the teacher permitted students to read from her book. If you enjoy reading about historical events, consider this website: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history. A shout out for Joyce Moyer Hostetter who introduced me to this site. She writes historical fiction for children. See here: http://joycemoyerhostetter.info/
- my mother reading Heidi and other books to us.
- poetry readings sponsored by our local public library. Today’s library offers storytelling programs as a regular part of programming for children.
- another teacher led my class in choral reading of displayed poems on chart paper. I can still hear “There was a little turtle. He lived in a box….” by Vachel Lindsay 1879–1931. I wonder if the author or my teacher would ever have dreamed that people would still be reciting this poem in 2015? “The Little Turtle” is available in song and finger plays too. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173885
- Sunday School teachers and Vacation Bible School teachers read Bible stories and discussed them.
A BIG thank you to all those who shared read aloud moments with me! I created a poster in your honor.
![Read-Aloud-and-Create[1]](https://lindamartinandersen.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/read-aloud-and-create1.jpg)
Poster created at Quozio.com
What about you? What favorite read aloud memories do you have?
Do you read aloud to others? Perhaps you could volunteer to read aloud to children.
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