There are many positive effects of reading aloud to children at any age. Jim Trelease, author of The Read-Aloud Handbook, tells us that reading aloud to children "stimulates their interest, their emotional development, their imagination, and their language."

For me, reading aloud is an act of love. How fortunate I am to be able to spend a good portion of my days reading aloud to children. I love to read with expression and enthusiasm, as all eyes and ears are, respectively, following the pictures and/or narrative. A readaloud is an island in time, taken out of the very active lives of children.  Kids are never too old to be read to.  My family still reads aloud to one another on occasion, and my children are all grown up now!