The Powers of Reading Aloud

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I think that there's a hidden form of vocabulary for kidswhen they're reading. And its sentence. It's syntax complexity. I can't tell you how much i loved having a book to read aloud to my older kids. You know, every summer, the summer be read ot killmocking burd aloud to each other in love.

Doug Lemov of Uncommon School and co-author of Reading Reconsidered talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about reading. Lemov makes the case for the educational importance of critical reading of challenging books and texts. Along the way, he gives listeners some ideas of how to read themselves and gives parents some ideas for how to educate their children.