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Read-Aloud Revival ®

Sarah Mackenzie

Sarah Mackenzie helps your family fall in love with books, and helps *you* fall in love with homeschooling.

kids & family parenting

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37:01

RAR #166: What’s the deal with open-ended questions?

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2020/11/04

In today’s episode, we’re talking about how to talk with your kids about books. Specifically, we’re talking about open-ended questions, which you’ve probably heard us talk about before here at Read-Aloud Revival.Open-ended questions are key to having conversations with your kids about anything they read, and anything you read together.But what exactly qualifies as an open-ended question, and why do they work?In this episode, I’m breaking down:How to make book conversation a habitHow open

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39:05

RAR #165: When Reading Starts to Feel Like School

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2020/10/18

It happens to all of us at one point or another: reading shifts in our kids’ lives from being principally about joy and delight into something that needs to be done for school.A lot of us notice a significant drop in how much our kids are reading for pleasure once the school year is well underway.This is a problem. According to the National Literacy Trust, those who enjoy reading are better, more confident readers who spend less time online, and are more motivated by interest and

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49:26

RAR # 164: Our Favorite Way to Read Through History...

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2020/10/06

In this very special episode of the podcast, the RAR team is discussing our favorite way to study history: through picture book biographies.We’re also sharing a brand new FREE resource – a huge list of our favorite picture book biographies, organized by time period and category.In this podcast episode, you’ll hear:what makes picture books special and unique learning toolsthe best ways to read them and use them in your homeschoolhow picture book biographies help us answer the so what

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50:00

RAR #163: A Reader’s Guide to a More Tranquil Mind,...

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2020/09/22

A tranquil mind. Any chance you want one of those? I know I do. Today on the Read-Aloud Revival podcast, we’re talking about how readers can give themselves the gift of a tranquil mind by reading old books.Wait, did I just say “by reading old books?”I did. And I have a feeling this episode will challenge and expand your expectation for what reading old books can do for us in the here and now. I like to describe Alan Jacobs as one of my favorite thinkers……and if you listen in to this

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44:08

RAR #162: Why and How Reading Aloud Will Change Your...

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2020/09/07

If you need a boost of sunshine in your week, stop whatever you’re doing and listen to this podcast. Why? Because in this episode, Australian icon Mem Fox joins me to talk about the unique gift this specific time can offer us — the chance to read together, to connect, and to help our kids fall in love with books on a whole new level.Mem Fox is Australia’s most celebrated author and the creator of many too many pictures books to count.She’s a giant advocate of reading aloud, as you’ll hear,

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32:04

RAR #161: Becoming Your Child’s Mentor and Awaking...

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2020/08/20

What would happen if you decided to be your child’s mentor, rather than their teacher? What if you awakened their wonder and curiosity, so that they became the kind of people who thirst for knowledge and understanding?What if you could fall in love with homeschooling your kids?In this episode, Sally Clarkson and I continue a conversation we started over on her podcast a few weeks ago. We discuss how Sally translated her own boredom with traditional education in order to find a different way

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42:53

RAR #160: Not Killing the Love of Reading

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2020/08/10

We need a drumroll today, because on the podcast we’re revealing all of our autumn picks for RAR Premium. I’m also answering podcast listener Corrie’s question about how to preserve her son’s love of reading. It’s easy to slip into schooly habits that kill our kids’ love of reading– so how can we help preserve our children’s love of reading even after the school year starts?Find the rest of the show notes at https://readaloudrevival.com/160/.

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37:48

RAR # 159: 10 Homeschooling Mistakes I’ve Made (so...

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2020/07/25

Recently, I posted on social media about my oldest daughter becoming our first homeschool graduate. I’ll admit to being a proud mama. I think for a lot of us homeschooling our kids, we hear that it works, we are told colleges want homeschoolers–are actively seeking out homeschoolers–but we still are a little nervous. We wonder if we’ve prepared them well, if this grand homeschooling experiment is going to work out.So when my oldest daughter was not only accepted into every single college

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42:19

RAR #158: Adventuring with Your Kids (yes, even now!)

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2020/07/10

This week, I’m thrilled to chat with Greta Eskridge about how we can adventure with our kids – yes, even now!Greta Eskridge and I discuss how books can be the conduit for adventuring with your kids, no matter your circumstances or your resources.In this episode, you’ll hear:all about Greta’s new book, Adventuring Togetherhow even small adventures can be impactful for our kidshow to start in the simplest way possibleFind the rest of the show notes at https://readaloudrevival.com/158/.

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23:58

RAR #157: Why Read Aloud to Kids Who Can Read...

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2020/06/26

Why read aloud to kids who can read themselves? It’s a fair question. Not many of us remember parents or teachers reading to us once we were old enough to read on our own.But the benefits of reading aloud to kids who are old enough to read themselves are numerous. That’s what we’re tackling in this episode of the Read-Aloud Revival podcast.In this episode, you’ll hear:5 major benefits to reading aloud to kids who can read themselvesHow reading together can help us connect during challenging

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38:29

RAR #156: Answering Your Q’s About Audio Books for Kids

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2020/06/15

In today’s episode, I’m answering several of your questions about audio books for kids. Let’s talk favorite narrators, whether audio books hold you children back from learning to read on their own, and more.In this episode, you’ll hear:how to choose winning narratorswhether it’s holding our kids back to let them listen to lots of audiohow I handle books in a serieswhether or not to assign books during quiet reading timewhen your husband is not a big readerFind the rest of the show notes at

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41:07

RAR #155: Your Questions… and Library’s Most Wanted

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2020/06/01

In today’s episode, I’m answering your questions – from reading to separate age groups and how to make time for that (!), to what to do if summer reading programs make your kids want to read LESS…In this episode, you’ll hear:when summer reading programs aren’t usefulhow to handle a drop in comprehension when kids start reading longer booksideas for easy chapter bookshow to make time for reading aloud when your kids want to be outside all dayfavorite fairy-tale-esque book

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37:58

RAR #154: When Your Child Doesn’t Love Reading

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2020/05/18

We know that we want our kids to love to read. And it’s important (really important!) to give them the best chance fall in love with books. That’s why so many of us get worried when we have a child who doesn’t love reading. It’s a valid worry. What can be done about it? On today’s episode of the podcast, I share ideas for what to do when your child doesn’t love reading. We can’t exactly make our kids into readers, but we can give them the best chance possible that they’ll become readers for

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38:15

RAR #153: Jim Trelease’s Read-Aloud Handbook, 8th...

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2020/05/04

In today’s episode, I’m joined by the woman who recently faced the daunting challenge of updating Jim Trelease’s much beloved Read-Aloud Handbook.Cyndi Giorgis takes us behind the scenes of updating The Read-Aloud Handbook, and some of the interesting (and most surprising!) bits what she learned during the process.In this episode, you’ll hear:what’s in the Read-Aloud Handbook‘s whole new chapter (it’s a good one)updates about audiobooks and other technologythe most important thing Cyndi

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26:26

RAR #152: Finishing the School Year Doesn’t Need to...

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2020/04/20

Being stuck at home is getting old fast, but finishing the school year doesn’t need to be a slog.We’ve heard you loud and clear: it’s really, really hard to concentrate on homeschooling right now. And we all want to finish the school year strong, right? On today’s episode of the Read-Aloud Revival podcast, I’m sharing something brand new that I am over-the-moon excited about: a workshop series we’re calling WOW: Writers on Writing. This workshop series will help you spice up your home

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34:54

RAR #151: It’s a Story… So What? Barb Rosenstock

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2020/04/06

When is a story worth telling? And why are the best stories in history seen through the lens of a single human being? We’re diving into those questions to day with one of the most talented and effervescent authors I know: Barb Rosenstock.I recommend every single one of Barb’s picture book biographies. Listen to this episode and you’ll know why. You’ll find links to her books at the bottom of this post.In this episode, you’ll hear:the magic of “So what?”… just wait till you hear her talk

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43:27

RAR #150: Water Your Bamboo—How to Focus on the...

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2020/03/24

Did you know that when you plant bamboo, you will water it, protect it, nurture it…and nothing happens for 5 years? At least it looks like nothing is happening, because it’s all happening underground, where the bamboo is growing a complex root structure.But above ground? Nothin’. You’ve got to faithfully water and care for that plant for f-i-v-e years before you get any proof that you’re making any progress.Homeschooling is a lot like bamboo.In today’s episode of the Read-Aloud Revival

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RAR #149: Keeping Up with Advanced Readers, Colleen...

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2020/03/09

If you have a gifted, twice-exceptional, or advanced reader, this episode is for you. Today I’m chatting with Colleen Kessler of Raising Lifelong Leaners. A gifted specialist and mother of her own gifted and twice-exceptional kids, Colleen understands the challenges of connecting advanced readers with books…… and the challenges that arise when your advanced reader can read anything, but isn’t emotionally ready to have free reign at the library.In this episode, you’ll hear:what to do when

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35:20

RAR #148: 3 Books I Adore, Reading Curriculum, and...

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2020/02/25

I’ve got a brand new episode of the Read-Aloud Revival podcast for you, and it’s a good one. In this episode, you’ll hear:Which 3 books I’d bring with me to a desert island 🏝 (it was torture to answer this listener question!)Whether or not we use reading curriculum at our house 🤓 (and what I recommend)The skinny on what we’re reading aloud this spring at RAR (our book choices are just 😍 – scroll down to see what I mean)Find the rest of the show notes at

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RAR #147: Our Favorite Math Read-Alouds

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2020/02/11

Math....are your palms sweating yet? 😅Yep, I know. But you’ve asked for books that will enrich and enliven math for your kids, and we took on the challenge. In today’s episode, the Read-Aloud Revival team is talking about delighting and learning math together through great read-alouds.In this episode, you’ll hear:why you might want to add math read-alouds to your dayhow to add them in when you already feel pressed for time (no need to dump your existing curriculum!)our favorites. Of

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