As the excitement of the back-to-school season settles and kids are back in classrooms, Scholastic is delighted to share that Storyvoice, the Company’s digital home of live read-alouds, will launch a new series of live reading experiences every Friday.
The new series, Read Aloud Fridays, is a place where students can read, draw, and connect with their favorite authors. These live reading events are a great way to boost excitement and encourage a love of reading in students.
To learn more about Storyvoice and check out the platform’s full schedule of interactive read-aloud events this season, visit: storyvoice.scholastic.com.This season will include some fantastic authors who will read aloud from their bestselling picture books. Some highlights from the lineup (all times are listed in the Eastern time zone) includes:
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Lucy Ruth Cummins and Pete Oswald, authors of Sleepy Sheepy at 11:30 a.m., Friday September 27, 2024
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Juana Martinez-Neal, author of Alma and How She Got Her Name, at 1:00 p.m., Friday September 27, 2024
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Peter H. Reynolds, author of Say Something!, at 2:00 p.m., Friday September 27, 2024
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Josh Lewis, Ray’s Big Day: A Journey at the Speed of Light, 11:30 am, October 4, 2024
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Kathryn Rammell, Rory the Remarkable Dragon, 2:00 pm, October 4, 2024
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Jen Arena, Acorn Was a Little Wild, 11:30 am, October 11, 2024
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Brenda Maier, The Little Green Swing, 2:00 pm, October 11, 2024
The benefits of reading aloud as kids get older are undeniable, and Storyvoice serves a critical purpose by engaging school-aged students through read-alouds at the very moment when reading aloud tends to decline in the home. Recent research from the Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report™ found that while half of kids five and under are read aloud to at home 5-7 days a week, that number declines to just about one-third of 6–8-year-olds and merely 16% of 9-11-year-olds.
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