Best of RAR: Why Read Aloud to Kids Who Can Read Themselves
Read-Aloud Revival ®
Sarah Mackenzie
4.9 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Join us for RAR's Summer Adventure.
Why do we read aloud to our kids? Especially those who can read to themselves?
This is a topic that comes up all the time at Read-Aloud Revival and it’s one I’m super passionate about. It’s foundational to what we do around here and I firmly believe it’s vital to our kids becoming lifelong readers.
In this episode, we’re talking about the impact reading aloud has on our children, regardless of their independent reading level. Research shows that there are many benefits to reading aloud to your kids, and today, we’re going to focus on five of the most important ones.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
- How books educate the heart as well as the mind, growing perspective and empathy
- The incredible impact of reading aloud on academic performance, language development, information processing, expression (the list goes on!)
- How reading aloud builds community, strengthens family bonds, reduces stress and anxiety, and enriches time spent together
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| 0:00.0 | Here's a question for you. If a happy peace-filled mom is the key to a successful homeschool, |
| 0:06.9 | and it absolutely is, then why does happiness sometimes feel out of reach or even maybe a little |
| 0:13.6 | off-limits? At our upcoming Circle with Sarah retreat, we're talking about happy homeschooling, |
| 0:19.9 | and we're going to talk honestly about |
| 0:22.1 | reclaiming joy without any guilt. We're also going to remember that delight in our homes |
| 0:28.4 | isn't frivolous, it's faithful. Across four encouraging Zoom sessions, we'll look at simple habits, |
| 0:36.1 | happy homeschoolers rely on. Based on the feedback I received |
| 0:39.7 | when I asked nearly a thousand women who've been homeschooling a decade or longer what has made |
| 0:45.4 | the biggest impact. We're going to talk through quick wins. You can start using right away |
| 0:49.3 | to bring more peace, connection, and yes, happiness into your days. It's an online retreat held on zoom it's happening |
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| 1:07.5 | the encouragement you need to teach from rest, find happiness in your homeschool, |
| 1:11.6 | and become that peaceful, joyful mama, we're all called to be. |
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| 1:21.3 | Learn more and sign up at circle with sarah.com, or you can text my name, Sarah, S-A-R-A-H to the number 33-777. |
| 1:48.8 | Hello, hello, and welcome to the Read Aloud Revival podcast. |
| 1:54.5 | I'm your host, Sarah McKenzie, and I am delighted you're joining me today for this episode. In this episode, we're going to revisit a previous conversation we had on the podcast, |
| 2:04.0 | why we read aloud to our kids. Our little ones, of course, I think we all know why we read aloud with our little ones, but also why |
| 2:08.7 | we ought to be reading aloud to our kids who are quite capable of reading on their own. |
| 2:14.5 | Now, this is a topic that we get asked about all the time here at Read Aloud Revival, |
| 2:20.4 | and it's one that I am super passionate about because it feels foundational. It's really, |
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