The enchanted hour : the miraculous power of reading aloud in the age of distraction /

A miraculous alchemy occurs when one person reads to another, transforming the simple stuff of a book, a voice and a bit of time into complex and powerful fuel for the heart, brain and imagination. Grounded in the latest neuroscience and behavioral research, and drawing widely from literature, The E...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gurdon, Meghan Cox (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Oral reading. Oral reading > Social aspects. Oral reading > Psychological aspects. Children > Books and reading. Reading > Parent participation. FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General. FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Activities. PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child.

Table of Contents:

What reading to children does to their brains
Where it all began : once upon a time in the ancient world
Reading together strengthens the bonds of love
Turbocharging child development with picture books
The rich rewards of a vast vocabulary
The power of paying attention - and flying free
Reading aloud furnishes the mind
From the nursery to the nursing home : why reading aloud never gets old
There is no present like time.