Besides, modern technology offers many alternatives to reading for getting information. Reading aloud is still for him. She reads to herself books that I'm not interested in, while I read aloud classic literature that is beyond her reading ability. C.S. Lewis' Narnia series and James Gurney's Dinotopia books held his rapt attention when he was just four, and so did Robinson Crusoe when he was five. I would hate to deprive him of these treasured experiences because he refuses to read to himself.
Every family can benefit from the read-aloud habit.
Here are twelve ways. Reading Aloud Is the Most Effective Reading Instruction. Pressure on children to learn, especially before they are able, creates anxiety that blocks learning. This is the premise of John Holt's insightful book How Children Fail . I have recently read that in the European countries where entrance into school is delayed until children are eight, illiteracy is unknown.