Read Aloud Book Videos for Kids on YouTube

Why Read Aloud? 

Reading aloud is one of the most important things caregivers and teachers can do with children. Research has repeatedly proved that this one simple parenting technique is among the most effective. Children who are read aloud to by caregivers get a head start in language development and literacy skills and go to school better prepared. Reading aloud builds many important foundational skills, introduces vocabulary, provides a model of fluent, expressive reading, and helps children recognize what reading for pleasure is all about. 

Although there is no substitute for reading in person to a child, there are still many benefits from using technology to show videos of people reading stories. In addition to many of the perks mentioned above, videos of books can offer a few novel benefits as well (pun intended).

Video books:

• Often include music or sound effects to help set the mood.
• Often include animations, zooming, and panning to bring the book to life and help follow or focus in on the action.
• Can provide a different take on the reading of the story with the narrator’s voices and inflections.
• Can be watched independently by the child.
• Can be sped up or slowed down, paused, and rewound as needed

YouTube "Read Aloud" Book Videos for Kids

Here is a list of suggested YouTube channels and playlists that provide videos of books being read aloud for children.