Just wanted to jot this idea down before I forgot it. I was reading about the benefits of reading aloud, not just so the kids can hear good books, but they need to be reading aloud themselves as well. We do oral poetry recitations from our memory work, poetry tea-time where we all take turns reading a poem aloud, and daily scripture reading out loud. I read aloud to them at night, but for oral narrations, so I'm reading history, science, Bible, and classics: Iliad next.
My new idea: pick a literature book a little below their reading level and take turns reading a paragraph until we read a whole chapter. We would do this at lunch time. They get extra practice reading aloud, I get in a family literature book that I can't seem to squeeze in at night, Madelynn gets a book read to her at her comprehension level, it helps us all transition from free time to quiet time, and we can also discuss it as a family.
Hmm.. I'll have to try that and see how it goes.
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