The Importance of Reading in Education

By middle school, almost no one is reading aloud to students. If each read aloud as a commercial for the pleasures of reading, then a decline in advertising would naturally be reflected in a decline in students recreational reading. When we read to a child, we're sending a pleasure message to the child's brain. You could even call ida commercial conditioning the child to associate books and print with pleasure. There are, however, displeasures associated with reading. We approach what causes pleasure, and we withdraw from what causes displeasure or pain.