https://schooling-frontier.pages.dev/tags/read-aloud/ Recent content in Read-Aloud on Schooling Frontier Hugo en Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0900 https://schooling-frontier.pages.dev/posts/gestures-during-read-alouds-build-vocabulary/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0900 https://schooling-frontier.pages.dev/posts/gestures-during-read-alouds-build-vocabulary/ Researchers observed 33 Head Start classrooms and coded the gestures teachers made while reading picture books to 306 four-year-olds. Classrooms where teachers used more meaning-focused gestures — like spreading their arms wide on “huge” — had children with higher end-of-year receptive vocabulary. The hand may open a second channel for kids who can’t yet catch every word.