Read
Aloud Techniques
Parents frequently say they don't know how to read aloud or they feel funny reading aloud. The following are some tips for reassuring parents that they indeed know how to read aloud {Trelease, 1989}:
Select books that you'll enjoy and that will spark your child's interest.
Read unfamiliar stories silently first to note places that may need special
effects to create drama.
Don't read too fast and adjust your pace to the story and your child.
Be responsive to your child's actions.
Encourage your child's participation in the reading session - joining in
repeating phrases, making comments, asking questions, predicting what will
happen, or actually reading parts of the material.
Both parents, should take turns reading aloud. Fathers are important
models, too. Make sure your child sees you read for pleasure.
Never withdraw reading aloud as a punishment. That may destroy all the
positive effects of reading aloud.
From Jerry L. Johns and Susan Davis Lenski, Improving Reading: A Handbook of Strategies [2nd ed.]. Copyright 1997, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.