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I could never get the hang of reading that book aloud. It seems like it should have a rhythm to it, then it just doesn’t. I had to turbo the the “jumping-over-the-moon” bit, to fit the rhythm I established on the first couple pages.
The trick is to slow down and pause between the shorter bits.
“In the great green room - there was a telephone - and a red balloon - and a picture of - a cow jumping over the moon”
I could never get the hang of reading that book aloud. It seems like it should have a rhythm to it, then it just doesn’t. I had to turbo the the “jumping-over-the-moon” bit, to fit the rhythm I established on the first couple pages.
The trick is to slow down and pause between the shorter bits. “In the great green room - there was a telephone - and a red balloon - and a picture of - a cow jumping over the moon”
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When the story mentions something in the room, pause to point at it.
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