Transcription: Reading aloud is a chance for a parent and a child to be together and to share some time. The child, who is not a reader yet, learns what pleasure and enjoyment come from books before they learn the mechanics of actual reading, and certainly that's a motivation for reading. The child develops a sense of story. They learn how stories are made. began, how stories end, how characters behave. If there was a fox in a story you're quite sure it's going to be a sly fox. Also reading aloud with the child allows them to develop fluency and vocabulary so they're hearing words that might not be in their ...