Reading aloud: Don't be fooled: even older kids like this special time at bedtime. You can also sneak in some reading while kids are eating dinner or working on a craft. The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease is the premier guide. For short reads, try this new collection by Harold Bloom, editor, Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children at Bedtime.
Talking Book: Our local library offers free 3-week downloads of talking books (ebooks too) through OverDrive Books. The Overdrive collection contains many Newberry books and other highly regarded books. It is also terrific for long multi-volume collections and there are many to choose from. Listen to books while your child is busy with other things like arts and crafts and you're trying to get dinner on.
Reading aloud together: buy double (even triple) copies and alternate paragraphs while reading aloud (2x Trumpet of the Swan; 3x Call it Courage; 2x Seabird)
Reading Roles: some terrific reading role ideas from Mrs. Kubler's 4th Grade Reading Group Wiki for Bud, Not Buddy
Silent Reading:
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