Read Aloud Journal

Read Aloud Journal

The only child that I have contact with is my 3 year old nephew. I decided to read a book that was base on the grade level that I wanted to teach and a book that was appropriate for his age. Trying to read to a 3 year old is a challenge of its own. I attempted to read Oh the Places You Will Go. Getting past the title page and the inside cover was a challenge; this alone took about ten minutes. He was more interested in talking about the maze on the inside page than anything. As I started read the book he would ask to go back the “grass” (the maze in the inside covers). I attempted to read the book to him and he continues to say wait and turned the page back to the inside cover. He did not care for the illustrations in this book. He would often say that the characters in the book scared him. After about 20 minutes of trying to read this book to him I gave up. When then has a discussion about the maze in the inside cover on where are they going to. I then read Put Me in the Zoo a Book of Colors he enjoyed this book and I could read the entire book to him a couple of times. He enjoyed telling me the colors of the animal’s spots when he changed them 0n each page. My nephew even read the book to me a couple of times before the day was over. Having age appropriate books are important to capture a child’s attention to have them engaged in the text.