Local education expert discusses why reading aloud matters for students

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Parents can help children build reading skills by having them read aloud sentence by sentence and follow each word with a finger, according to Lakeside Educational Services.

Judy Cohen of Lakeside Educational Services joined us Tuesday, Oct. 13 to discuss the importance of reading aloud.

She calls her approach FALV, for fluency, active listening and vocabulary.

Cohen says reading aloud helps students read with accurate rhythm and expression, focus on the sounds and meanings of words and learn new vocabulary. Parents can listen for skipped or substituted words and pauses at punctuation. She says the goal is how well a child reads, not how fast, and suggests books, magazines and newspapers rather than a computer.

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