Learning to Read Aloud

To improve from basic to proficient and then advanced, one must practice by reading a lot. The more you it, fall off, climb back on and ride some more, the better you get at it. This practice amounts to what margaret meek called private lessons. How can something as simple as reading to a child be so effective as lumber is the primary support for building a house? Words are the primary structure for learning. There are really only two efficient ways to get words into a person's brain: either by seeing them or by hearing them. What we send into that ear becomes the foundation for the child's brainhouse those meaningful sounds in the ear now.