Read It Aloud!

A Parent's Guide to Sharing Books With Young Children

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
	Who Can Benefit From This Book?
	Why We Wrote This Book
	About Our Games
	For More Information
	About the Authors
Part One: Performance Reading
	Chapter One Starting With the Right Attitude
	Chapter Two Getting Comfortable With Your Voice
	Chapter Three Breathing From Your Diaphragm
	Chapter Four Varying Your Pitch
	Chapter Five Slowing Down
	Chapter Six Using Pauses Effectively
	Chapter Seven Speaking Clearly
	Chapter Eight Telling the Story With Your Face
	Chapter Nine Becoming Dramatically Involved
	Chapter Ten Using Character Voices
	Chapter Eleven Using Your Falsetto
	Chapter Twelve Prereading and Editing
	Chapter Thirteen Setting the Stage
	Chapter Fourteen Is That All I Need to Know?
Part Two: Our Playful Language
	Chapter Fifteen Introducing Wordplay
	Chapter Sixteen Similes
	Chapter Seventeen Alliteration
	Chapter Eighteen Metaphors
	Chapter Nineteen The Noisy Alphabet
	Chapter Twenty Nyms
	Chapter Twenty-One Go Ghoti
	Chapter Twenty-Two Oxymorons
	Chapter Twenty-Three Spoonerisms
	Chapter Twenty-Four Rhythm and Rhyme
Part Three: Communication, Imagination, and Books
	Chapter Twenty-Five Reading Gymnastics for Pre-K and K
	Chapter Twenty-Six Fostering Grade-School Readers
	Chapter Twenty-Seven Dealing With the Competition
	Afterword Reading Aloud in Families—Where Do You Go From Here?
	Appendix I Performance Reading Practice and Win-Win Word Games Index
	Appendix II Children's Magazines
	Appendix III Check It Out! Summary of Chapter Notes
	Now It's Your Turn