George Jacobs Ph.D. and Wan Loh Inn Ed.D.

When dads read aloud it not only helps promote reading skills. It also benefits all the other language skills for the child: Children's listening skills improve via the practice they receive while listening to us read aloud. The listening that children do also helps pronunciation, because they hear the words pronounced and see the link … [Read more...] about Dads Reading Aloud to Build Their Children’s Language Skills

Reading aloud offers dads and moms a way to introduce children to the great variety that exists in the world of books. Children learn about different types of books, such as poetry, short stories, science books and joke books. Each type of book has a different structure. For example, stories usually have a beginning that describes the setting and main characters, a middle that … [Read more...] about Dads Reading Aloud to Help Children Build Knowledge of Books

It’s easy for preschool and elementary school teachers to tell which children have been read to at home on a regular basis, because the dads and moms reading aloud have prepared these children to learn to read. As dads read aloud to them at home, children:   see the link between print and language. They begin to understand that those black marks on the page represent … [Read more...] about Dads Reading Aloud to Build Kid’s Reading Skill

Reading is important for dads to do for many reasons: for enjoyment, for knowledge, for participation in society, for helping the next generation and for economic well-being. For instance, researchers in the U.S. found that people who read better and more often normally have higher income levels. The two need to go together: the ability to read and a love for reading. How can … [Read more...] about Why Dads Should Read Aloud

What made us want to write about reading aloud to children? We had many reasons. First, research studies are clear that children gain many advantages when their dads and moms read to them. For instance, one book on research about reading stated, “The single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children” … [Read more...] about Why is Reading Aloud So Important for Dads?