Anyone with small children may find this interesting, I have been applying a couple of photoreading skills to reading my 3 year old son his bedtime stories. All I do is take a few seconds before I start to read to remind myself of my purpose in reading this story. Inside my head I say "my purpose in reading this story 'The Cat in the Hat' is to share some of my time and my love with my son and to expose him to written material in a fun and exciting way". I also use the tangerine technique. What I have found is that my mind seems to stay several words ahead of the words I speak aloud. I read with alot more feeling and expression, my son really seems to appreciate this, he gets alot more involved and excited, pointing and jabbering and smiling. The improvement makes me very happy.
