From: Angie Miles <readingam_at_prodigy.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 13:32:24 -0700 (PDT)

All

I appreciate very much the experiences shared by both Sheila and Dan.  Da n, your family traditions were so touching, I read your post again and agai n.  Sheila, I found myself laughing at the sweet thought of your giggling grandbaby and then sharing your story (reading it aloud) to my husband. And he definitely knows how to read on his own!

I believe that when we continue to share read-aloud experiences with older children and even with adults (for example the elderly, as Sheila suggested ), we not only create moments to savor now but we sometimes set the stage f or a ripple effect.  Our older students and children, recalling with fond ness the shared reading, may read aloud with others well beyond the transit ional reading stage.  Here's to a read-aloud ripple that lasts over lifet imes and that keeps great books in print, in circulation and alive in our h earts.

One more note, prompted by Sheila's post:  Imagine if just one additional person in each city or town in the world started reading aloud to an elder ly person.  How would that change the readers?  The listeners?  The w orld?  I've long considered reading aloud for nursing home residents as a project for my four sons.  I believe I have found a great project fo r them to consider, starting this summer.

Best to all Angie Miles www.happyreading.org
Received on Sun 17 Apr 2011 01:32:24 PM CDT