閱讀報告：The Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease
因為網友的推介，清林媽就從圖書館借了這本書看。清林媽媽本來對 Handbook 類的書藉本身有點怕怕的，不過既然見之前也有人推介，就試閱一下。
幾百頁的書，環繞著提高小朋友閱讀興趣一點。但也真的有不少獨到的見解，算是驚喜之作。
這裡是小小的重點摘要：﹣
1. Why reading is important ?
Background Knowledge : Children who read the most are the most well-rounded students in the classroom. They bring the largest amount of background knowledge to the table and thus understand more of what the teacher or the textbook is teaching.
2. Why do parents read-aloud ?
Parents and teachers are role models who can attach child to books.
Instead of just teaching your child how to read, reading-aloud can help making your child want to read. Read-aloud can motivate the child to read independently for pleasure.
Furthermore, reading-aloud can help children to build vocabulary in standard language and lengthen their attention span.
3. When to begin ?
As early as possible. Same to the question : "When did you start talking to your child ? Did you wait until he was six months old ?"
4. Learn to Read Early ?
Read-aloud-early does not equal to learn-to-read-early.
There are kids who were reading from a dictionary at the age of three and a half; and learned to read and type successfully by four. Some of those kids went through Grade one successfully, but on second grade they really bombed out on. I have the feeling that they'd been pushed so hard from outside to learn to read early, that the cost of pushing didn't show up until later.
5. When to stop ?
Reading aloud should be a practice that continue throughout the school years!
Children can hear and understand stories that are more complicated and more interesting than anything they could read on their own.
6. The importance of re-reading.
Re-readings coincide with the way children learn. The repetition improves their vocabulary, sequencing and memory skills. Children learn languages in increments.
7. How to answer questions.
In case of intelligent questions (c.f. silly questions), try to respond immediately if it involves background knowledge and thus help the child better understand the story. Extraneous questions can be handled by saying "Good questions ! Let's come back to that when we're done."
8. Literature and critical thinking skills.
Given the variety involved, children books offer an excellent opportunity to introduce children to comparative literature. You can read different books of similar stories on successive days, and discuss the similarities and differences.
9. Celebrating the Authors.
Always read aloud the book name as well as the author. Let children understand that every book has an author. It is also a good habit to do an author background study together. A lifetime reader all has favorite authors.
10. Novel or chapter books ?
Yes! Avoid long and description passages until the child's imagination and attention span are capable of handling them. There is nothing wrong with shortening or eliminating them. Prereading the book before read aloud to children. Series novels can be a good choice as the child is familiar with the story background.
11. Success story of Finland and Public Library.
Finland is the nation with the highest citizen literacy rate. Look closely :
- Kids have home library with 50 or more books
- Kids visit the public library at least once a week
- Kids watch no more than 2 hour of TV daily
12. Sustained Silent Reading at Home.
Allocate a limited time (say 15 minutes before bedtime) each day. All family members sit quietly and read their choice of books for pleasure. No question, no interruption.
而在書的下半部，有作者精選的推介閱讀。
作者有個人網頁 http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/，而在網頁也有他的閱讀推介 http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/rah-treasury-intro.html，可作參考。
雖然清林媽媽之前未有讀過這本書，但慶幸從幾個月大開始，每一天也有時間和清林讀故事，現在清林每天大概有半小時至一小時的閱讀時間。
有一篇 Amazon 的 Reader's Comment ：
Children today are TOO BUSY - most kids have more activities than anyone could possibly handle and still have time to stop and just be! 10-15 years ago, kids would play a sport, or play an instrument, take dance lessons, or be in Scouts. They might do two of these things. But now I know kids who do them ALL, plus more things I haven't mentioned. And one of the things that gets cut out is READING. Meals together as a family fall by the wayside and kids and parents are so exhausted from running around with all the activities that they don't read books and the parents are too tired to read to them...
不要因為有好多其他的興趣和學習活動或要做功課，而犧牲了 Read-aloud 和 Sustained Silent Reading 的時間！
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