You're listening to the Read-A-Loud Revival Podcast.

I'm your host Sarah McKenzie, homeschooling mama of six, and author of The Read-A-Loud

Family and Teaching from Rest.

As parents were overwhelmed with a lot to do, it feels like every child needs something

different.

The good news is you are the best person to help your kids learn and grow, and home is

the best place to fall in love with books.

This podcast has been downloaded 7 million times in over 160 countries, so if you want to

nurture warm relationships while also raising kids who love to read your in-good company,

we'll help your kids fall in love with books, and we'll help you fall in love with homeschooling.

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Well I hope you've had a chance to enjoy the previous episodes here on Read-A-Loud Revival,

all about reading a book a day.

If you missed any of them, go back and listen.

In episode 178, we talked about why it's worthwhile to read a book a day with our kids of

all ages.

And of course, when we're talking about reading a book a day, we don't mean a novel a day,

right?

Nobody has time to read a novel a day with their kids.

What we're talking about are picture books, and one of the things we really emphasized

in episode 178 is that picture books quite often have more sophisticated language patterns,

better vocabulary, and in general just a higher level of syntax and language use than chapter

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