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> I’ve found reading aloud helpful for staying engaged — limiting myself to mouth-speed rather than eye-speed means I won’t rush, miss important details, and th

> I’ve found reading aloud helpful for staying engaged — limiting myself to mouth-speed rather than eye-speed means I won’t rush, miss important details, and then lose interest, which has always been a problem for me. This worked for me... for a time. And then what happened surprised me (but maybe shouldn't have): I started zoning out and thinking about other things, missing important details, while reading aloud. Wild that we can even do that.

neutronicus 10mo ago
It's a capability with which having children will make you intimately familiar
- bell-cot 10mo ago
  By the 3rd week of Goodnight Moon at bedtime, are you still reading the printed words?
  - wombatpm 10mo ago
    Throw in an occasional Goodnight Opus and learn to depart from the text
  - esafak 10mo ago
    No, because the kid has learned to anticipate what's to come, and reading it becomes a game or performance art.
- Yodel0914 10mo ago
  I initially thought this was just a function of reading the same thing multiple times, but I’ve since had it happen many times when reading something completely new. Somehow my mind wanders and when I tune back in, not only am I reading clearly, I’m still doing the voicing for different characters. It’s so weird.
  - fluoridation 10mo ago
    I haven't had it happen while reading aloud (since I almost never read aloud), but I've definitely had it happen while reading something new that I hated. I'd end up having to read the same page (or more!) three or four times because I kept zoning out.