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CandaceC
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Hi ladies,
Feel free to move this post...I wasn't sure where to put it.
Can you all help me with some scheduling tips for getting in MORE read aloud time?
Here is how we currently do things:
*wake up, breakfast, chores (I shower during their breakfast)
*couch time - bible reading, prayer, sing a few songs, and read 1-2 books that go with our current unit study
*workboxes
*table time - math, handwriting
Then it's about time for lunch.
Honestly, by lunch time, I'm ready to sit on the couch for a few minutes and check my email. 
I've also tried reading a bit after lunch and after they've been outside for maybe an hour...kind of like a "quiet time."
Another issue is that i Just don't have the most "auditory" learners. They do NOT like audio books, listening in the car, etc. I wish they did.  I know they are young still, but I read all these fabulous cd's that people listen to in the car and mine just don't go for it. (I'm jealous!0 
My oldest is an avid reader, reading ahead of her age group, she reads chapter books on her own...but doesn't like listening to them.  But I REALLY want to read more to them!
So, when? and how? Have them do things with their hands? What would that be?
Any other suggestions for me?? I'm willing to re-arrange my schedule also, though this has worked so well for 3 years now...but I'm open and willing to listen to ideas!! 
THANKS!!
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what about setting out some playdough or clay or such to play with while you read? it would be quiet without any implements..
Teach them to crochet? I would love having someone to read outloud while I crochet
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I let my kids play, colour, do some activity with their hands while I read. They play quietly so this isn't a distraction.
I do our family read aloud right before we have our afternoon learning time which is about 3:00. I also read aloud with each child and I put each child's book in one of their workboxes as part of our morning learning time.
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We love read-alouds around here ... it's a great, no-table-work break that all the kids look forward to. I always let them play quietly -- crafting or legos or writing or whatever ...
we've done them at all different times -- first thing to kick off the morning, before lunch, during lunch or in the afternoon. Dh also does a separate read-aloud in the evening after teeth-brushing/pj time. Works for us!
Oh, and sometimes, if we're really into a book ... we just keep reading and only do a read-aloud for the day!
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I read a lot to the kids while they are eating
I have one auditory learner(11yr) and one visual(and kinesthetic, due to age-6yr). We try to do religion and discussion at breakfast, history at lunch and whatever we didn't get to at snack.
My kids are light years apart in the content I can read to them. I find dd can "catch" some content when she happens to listen in while eating. I love when we read the Baltimore Catechism and go over the questions and she can answer some!
Also, occasionally we do read alouds while cuddling in my bed in the am. My guys are slow wakers and I am not sure how much they catch but they do listen.
Anne
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My kids are always doing something with their hands during read-aloud. I usually tell them: "Go get something quiet to do during our chapter story." Or I'll put out watercolors, playdough, crayons, playdough, beeswax or something along those lines.
*We read aloud from a chapter book after lunch (although I totally know what you mean- and I'm ready for a break by then, too! I send mine to their rooms for 1 hour of quiet time after read-aloud, and that's when I check in on the computer, talk on the phone, etc).
*We read aloud from picture books before bed
*I have a personal rule that whenever a child brings me a book and asks me to read, I drop whatever I'm doing (if at all possible- usually it is) and read to them. It's my way of showing them that I value books and reading above laundry or toilet scrubbing or whatever. Of course, if we are late getting dinner started or are getting the house ready for company, I can't do this. Then I say, "go ask your sister to read it to you." And voila- we get in reading practice for the 7yo and read aloud for the younger. Magic. :)
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I worried for a while about not reading aloud enough, and now it just happens. It does help that I have it scheduled into their workboxes.
I also encourage all the kids to have something to keep their hands busy...drawing, knitting (for the older girls), legos, etc.
I also ask a lot of questions as we read and we talk about any unfamiliar words and expressions.
We love audio books for the car.
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Our scheduled reading times:
-during history time ( we love love love our historical fiction time) Some of my kids enjoy drawing in their history notebooks at this time. Or sometimes it's crotecheting. I do have one son however who HATES doing anything else while listening to a story. And he really enjoys listening. I tend to be a person who likes to get 2 things done at once so it took me a while to realize that drawing and listening were not a good match for him.
-before bedtime. Each child chooses at least one story.
Sometimes we read before we get up in the morning and sometimes we are so into a story that we read and read and read but on a regular basis we just have the above two time slots.
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