Read-Aloud Revival

By Sarah Mackenzie

Arts Education Kids & Family

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RAR #190: Sarah’s Favorite ...

10.19.2021

Looking for my favorite stories about Christian saints and heroes? You're in the right place! That's what I'm talking about in today's short episode of the Read-Aloud Revival. (Heads up, I'm Catholic, so a lot of these titles will be ...

Read-Aloud Revival episodes:

10.19.2021 RAR #190: Sarah’s Favorite Stories About Christian Saints and Heroes Looking for my favorite stories about Christian saints and heroes? You're in the right place! That's what I'm talking about in today's short episode of the Read-Aloud Revival. (Heads up, I'm Catholic, so a lot of these titles will be ...
10.12.2021 RAR #189: What if my kids always pick screens over books? Many of us worry about how screen time impacts our kids' reading life. So how do we manage screens in a way that still makes it likely our kids will love to read? That's the question I'm answering in today's ...
09.29.2021 RAR #188: My kids aren’t picking good books at the library. What do I do? If you take your kids to the library and they consistently choose books you aren't excited about them reading... what can you do? That's the question I'm answering in today's short episode of the Read-Aloud Revival. You'll hear... * Sarah's ...
09.29.2021 RAR #187: How to find books that engage both an 8- and a 4-year-old How can we find books that engage both an 8- and a 4-year-old? That's the question I'm answering in today's short episode of the Read-Aloud Revival. You'll hear... * why we shouldn't leave picture books behind* a tip for keeping ...
09.29.2021 RAR #186: Should my kids’ reading correlate with their history studies? Should my kids' reading correlate with their history studies? Many of make it a point to make sure our reading lines up with the time period we're learning about in history. Is that a good idea? That's the question I'm ...
09.14.2021 RAR #185: Should I Use Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons? Should I use Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons? That's the question I'm answering in today's short episode of the Read-Aloud Revival. You'll hear... * Yes, if it works for you. No, if it doesn't.* My own ...
09.14.2021 RAR #184: What to do if your developing reader skips words when reading What should you do if your developing reader skips words when reading? That's the question I'm answering in today's short episode of the Read-Aloud Revival. You'll hear... * Actually, we all do skip words when reading, but...* Sarah shares a ...
09.14.2021 RAR #183: Should We Avoid Abridged or Adapted Versions of the Classics? Should we avoid abridged or adapted versions of classics? That's the question I'm answering in today's short episode of the Read-Aloud Revival. You'll hear... * what abridged or adapted versions of the classics can offer* what happened when Sarah's daughter ...
08.31.2021 RAR #182: 5 Books I want you to know about, and answers to your questions about reading a book a day Today I'm sharing five books you'll love, plans for RAR this fall (books clubs and writing and events you don't want to miss!), and answers to your questions about reading a book a day. Wondering if including re-reading is a ...
08.17.2021 RAR #181: Practical Tips for Reading a Book a Day In this episode, we're offering some tips and ideas to help you with the nitty gritty of reading more picture books. The whole RAR team is back, and we're answering your questions about reading a picture book a day. In ...
08.03.2021 RAR #180: Reading A Book a Day with Older Kids and Teens We're all on board with reading picture books to our younger kids, but that has to stop at some point, right? Ohhhhhh no. No, it does not. What do our kids stand to gain... and how on earth can we ...
07.20.2021 RAR #179: Do You See What I See? How to Look Closely at a Picture Book Last time on the Read-Aloud Revival podcast, we talked about what happens (and what our kids gain) when we read aloud a book a day. In this episode, we're digging in to how to look closely at a picture book—how ...
07.06.2021 RAR#178: Why read a book a Day? (Yep, You Can!) What would happen if we read a book a day with our kids? That's the idea we're exploring today in a brand new episode of the Read-Aloud Revival podcast. And we're also issuing a challenge: we dare you to read ...
06.15.2021 RAR Special Edition: Robert McCloskey Makes Way In today's Special Edition of the Read-Aloud Revival podcast, you'll meet the man behind Make Way for Ducklings. Robert McCloskey was the first to win two Caldecott Awards, and his books are arguably among the most celebrated picture books of ...
04.20.2021 RAR #177: Teach Your Kids to Think Like a Scientist (with Books You Already Have) Science is everywhere. It's in everything we do, everything we see. And yes, everything we read. Books offer a delightful opportunity to talk about science, both through their illustrations and their text. We just need to know a few things ...
04.07.2021 RAR #176: Homeschooling with Dyslexia Is homeschooling with dyslexia a good idea? Can dyslexic students thrive, even if the parents aren't specialists (or even certified teachers)? Let's be clear: absolutely, yes. You can homeschool your dyslexic kids, and you'll do a darn good job of ...
03.23.2021 RAR #175: Is My Child Dyslexic? Is my child dyslexic? And if so, what should I do about it? It's one of the things we're asked about most here at Read-Aloud Revival, and no wonder. When our kids struggle to learn to read, we worry. Dyslexia ...
03.09.2021 RAR #174: The Books that Won (and a few that Should Have!) Every year, the RAR team gathers to watch the American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards. Once, we went in person (!) but the past two years, we've watched together from home and texted each other like mad the whole ...
02.23.2021 RAR #173: What Happens in Your Child’s Brain when You Read Aloud Ready to dive into a little brain science? Today, we're discovering what happens in your child's brain when you read aloud. This is probably not a surprise, but... A LOT is happening. Dr. John Hutton of the Reading and Literacy ...
02.09.2021 RAR #172: Helping Our Developing Readers Fall in Love with Books Learning to read can be hard. And when our kids are still learning to read fluently and well, helping them fall in love with books can feel impossible. But it doesn't have to be that way. In today's episode, I'm ...
01.26.2021 RAR #171: How to Introduce Your Kids to Shakespeare The Bard. He can be a little intimidating, right? If you've ever wondered how to introduce your kids to Shakespeare, you are in a for a treat with this podcast episode. Many of us met Shakespeare in a way that ...
01.09.2021 RAR #170: How to Read a Wordless Book Do you ever feel lost when it comes to how to read a wordless book? I'm convinced that some of the very best picture books being published today are wordless. They invite us to slow down, predict what will come ...
12.28.2020 RAR #169: The Read-Aloud Challenge Here at RAR, we can't think of a better way to kick off a new year than to do it with books. That's why we kick off every January with a challenge for your kids-- to help them start their ...
12.01.2020 RAR #168: Special Edition, Christmas Stories Welcome to a very special Christmas episode of Read-Aloud Revival, featuring three audio Christmas stories from one of our very favorite storytellers: Jim Weiss. In this episode, 3 audio Christmas stories: * The Nativity Story* The Gift of the Magi* ...
11.16.2020 RAR #167 Christmas with Tomie dePaola and Winter at RAR Do you feel it in the air? The seasons are a-changing...and it's just about the best time of year for reading with a cup of cocoa, next to a crackling fire. (I suppose in the Southern Hemisphere it's lemonade and ...
11.04.2020 RAR #166: What’s the deal with open-ended questions? In today's episode, we're talking about how to talk with your kids about books. Specifically, we're talking about open-ended questions, which you've probably heard us talk about before here at Read-Aloud Revival. Open-ended questions are key to having conversations with ...
10.18.2020 RAR #165: When reading starts to feel like school It happens to all of us at one point or another: reading shifts in our kids’ lives from being principally about joy and delight into something that needs to be done for school. A lot of us notice a significant ...
10.06.2020 RAR # 164: Our Favorite Way to Read through History (and a new FREE resource) In this very special episode of the podcast, the RAR team is discussing our favorite way to study history: through picture book biographies. We're also sharing a brand new FREE resource - a huge list of our favorite picture book ...
09.22.2020 RAR #163: A Reader’s Guide to a More Tranquil Mind, Alan Jacobs A tranquil mind. Any chance you want one of those? I know I do. Today on the Read-Aloud Revival podcast, we're talking about how readers can give themselves the gift of a tranquil mind by reading old books. Wait, did ...
09.07.2020 RAR #162: Why and How Reading Aloud Will Change Your Children’s Lives Forever (Mem Fox) If you need a boost of sunshine in your week, stop whatever you're doing and listen to this podcast. Why? Because in this episode, Australian icon Mem Fox joins me to talk about the unique gift this specific time can ...
08.20.2020 RAR #161: Becoming Your Child’s Mentor and Awaking Wonder, Sally Clarkson What would happen if you decided to be your child's mentor, rather than their teacher? What if you awakened their wonder and curiosity, so that they became the kind of people who thirst for knowledge and understanding? What if you ...
08.10.2020 RAR #160: Not Killing the Love of Reading (and the Fall Reveal!) We need a drumroll today, because on the podcast we’re revealing all of our autumn picks for RAR Premium. I'm also answering podcast listener Corrie's question about how to preserve her son's love of reading. It's easy to slip into ...
07.25.2020 RAR # 159: 10 Homeschooling Mistakes I’ve Made (so you can avoid them) Recently, I posted on social media about my oldest daughter becoming our first homeschool graduate. I’ll admit to being a proud mama. I think for a lot of us homeschooling our kids, we hear that it works, we are told ...
07.10.2020 RAR #158: Adventuring with Your Kids (yes, even now!) This week, I'm thrilled to chat with Greta Eskridge about how we can adventure with our kids - yes, even now! Greta Eskridge and I discuss how books can be the conduit for adventuring with your kids, no matter your ...
06.26.2020 RAR #157: Why Read Aloud to Kids Who Can Read Themselves? Why read aloud to kids who can read themselves? It's a fair question. Not many of us remember parents or teachers reading to us once we were old enough to read on our own. But the benefits of reading aloud ...
06.15.2020 RAR #156: Answering Your Q’s About Audio Books for Kids In today's episode, I'm answering several of your questions about audio books for kids. Let's talk favorite narrators, whether audio books hold you children back from learning to read on their own, and more. In this episode, you'll hear: * ...
06.01.2020 RAR #155: Your Questions… and Library’s Most Wanted In today's episode, I'm answering your questions - from reading to separate age groups and how to make time for that (!), to what to do if summer reading programs make your kids want to read LESS... In this episode, ...
05.18.2020 RAR #154: When Your Child Doesn’t Love Reading We know that we want our kids to love to read. And it's important (really important!) to give them the best chance fall in love with books. That's why so many of us get worried when we have a child ...
05.04.2020 RAR #153: Jim Trelease’s Read-Aloud Handbook, 8th Edition In today's episode, I'm joined by the woman who recently faced the daunting challenge of updating Jim Trelease's much beloved Read-Aloud Handbook. Cyndi Giorgis takes us behind the scenes of updating The Read-Aloud Handbook, and some of the interesting (and ...
04.20.2020 RAR #152: Finishing the School Year Doesn’t Need to Be a Slog Being stuck at home is getting old fast, but finishing the school year doesn’t need to be a slog. We've heard you loud and clear: it's really, really hard to concentrate on homeschooling right now. And we all want to ...
04.06.2020 RAR #151: It’s a Story… So What? Barb Rosenstock When is a story worth telling? And why are the best stories in history seen through the lens of a single human being? We're diving into those questions to day with one of the most talented and effervescent authors I ...
03.24.2020 RAR #150: Water Your Bamboo—How to Focus on the Process (not the outcome) in your Homeschool Did you know that when you plant bamboo, you will water it, protect it, nurture it...and nothing happens for 5 years? At least it looks like nothing is happening, because it's all happening underground, where the bamboo is growing a ...
03.09.2020 RAR #149: Keeping Up with Advanced Readers, Colleen Kessler If you have a gifted, twice-exceptional, or advanced reader, this episode is for you. Today I'm chatting with Colleen Kessler of Raising Lifelong Leaners. A gifted specialist and mother of her own gifted and twice-exceptional kids, Colleen understands the challenges ...
02.25.2020 RAR #148: 3 Books I Adore, Reading Curriculum, and What We’re Reading Aloud this Spring I've got a brand new episode of the Read-Aloud Revival podcast for you, and it's a good one. In this episode, you'll hear: * Which 3 books I'd bring with me to a desert island (it was torture to answer ...
02.11.2020 RAR #147: Our Favorite Math Read-Alouds Math....are your palms sweating yet? Yep, I know. But you've asked for books that will enrich and enliven math for your kids, and we took on the challenge. In today's episode, the Read-Aloud Revival team is talking about delighting and ...
01.28.2020 RAR #146: The Astonishing Impact of Louisa May Alcott In today's episode of the Read-Aloud Revival, you'll get to know why Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women, was such a wonder (and indeed, she was!). And who could be a better guest for this conversation than Jan ...
01.14.2020 RAR #145: The Importance of Reading at Whim and Developing Your Own Taste, Alan Jacobs I felt my brain waking up during this episode of the Read-Aloud Revival podcast. My guest is Alan Jacobs, Distinguished Professor of Humanities in the Honors Program at Baylor University, and author of The Pleasures of Reading in an Age ...
01.06.2020 RAR Special Edition: The Woman Who Gave us Miss Rumphius I want to introduce you to a remarkable woman. She won two Caldecott Awards, illustrated more than 100 books during her career, raised four children, and lived life with unique zest and liveliness. You may recognize her illustrations in any ...
12.25.2019 RAR #144: Take the 31-Day Read-Aloud Challenge January is one of the most exciting months of the year here at RAR. Why? Because it's time for our 31-Day Read-Aloud Challenge, our most popular event of all. The FREE 31-Day Read-Aloud Challenge will nurture family relationships while helping ...
12.09.2019 RAR #143: Kate DiCamillo is Back! That's right ... Kate DiCamillo is back! And what she has to say is so good, you might find yourself listening more than once. In this new episode, Kate and I chat about her newest book, Beverly, Right Here, and ...

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Read-Aloud Revival episodes:

RAR #190: Sarah’s Favorite Stories About Christian Saints and Heroes

RAR #189: What if my kids always pick screens over books?

RAR #188: My kids aren’t picking good books at the library. What do I do?

RAR #187: How to find books that engage both an 8- and a 4-year-old

RAR #186: Should my kids’ reading correlate with their history studies?

RAR #185: Should I Use Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons?

RAR #184: What to do if your developing reader skips words when reading

RAR #183: Should We Avoid Abridged or Adapted Versions of the Classics?

RAR #182: 5 Books I want you to know about, and answers to your questions about reading a book a day

RAR #181: Practical Tips for Reading a Book a Day

RAR #180: Reading A Book a Day with Older Kids and Teens

RAR #179: Do You See What I See? How to Look Closely at a Picture Book

RAR#178: Why read a book a Day? (Yep, You Can!)

RAR Special Edition: Robert McCloskey Makes Way

RAR #177: Teach Your Kids to Think Like a Scientist (with Books You Already Have)

RAR #176: Homeschooling with Dyslexia

RAR #175: Is My Child Dyslexic?

RAR #174: The Books that Won (and a few that Should Have!)

RAR #173: What Happens in Your Child’s Brain when You Read Aloud

RAR #172: Helping Our Developing Readers Fall in Love with Books

RAR #171: How to Introduce Your Kids to Shakespeare

RAR #170: How to Read a Wordless Book

RAR #169: The Read-Aloud Challenge

RAR #168: Special Edition, Christmas Stories

RAR #167 Christmas with Tomie dePaola and Winter at RAR

RAR #166: What’s the deal with open-ended questions?

RAR #165: When reading starts to feel like school

RAR # 164: Our Favorite Way to Read through History (and a new FREE resource)

RAR #163: A Reader’s Guide to a More Tranquil Mind, Alan Jacobs

RAR #162: Why and How Reading Aloud Will Change Your Children’s Lives Forever (Mem Fox)

RAR #161: Becoming Your Child’s Mentor and Awaking Wonder, Sally Clarkson

RAR #160: Not Killing the Love of Reading (and the Fall Reveal!)

RAR # 159: 10 Homeschooling Mistakes I’ve Made (so you can avoid them)

RAR #158: Adventuring with Your Kids (yes, even now!)

RAR #157: Why Read Aloud to Kids Who Can Read Themselves?

RAR #156: Answering Your Q’s About Audio Books for Kids

RAR #155: Your Questions… and Library’s Most Wanted

RAR #154: When Your Child Doesn’t Love Reading

RAR #153: Jim Trelease’s Read-Aloud Handbook, 8th Edition

RAR #152: Finishing the School Year Doesn’t Need to Be a Slog

RAR #151: It’s a Story… So What? Barb Rosenstock

RAR #150: Water Your Bamboo—How to Focus on the Process (not the outcome) in your Homeschool

RAR #149: Keeping Up with Advanced Readers, Colleen Kessler

RAR #148: 3 Books I Adore, Reading Curriculum, and What We’re Reading Aloud this Spring

RAR #147: Our Favorite Math Read-Alouds

RAR #146: The Astonishing Impact of Louisa May Alcott

RAR #145: The Importance of Reading at Whim and Developing Your Own Taste, Alan Jacobs

RAR Special Edition: The Woman Who Gave us Miss Rumphius

RAR #144: Take the 31-Day Read-Aloud Challenge

RAR #143: Kate DiCamillo is Back!

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