> 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.

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neutronicus 9 hours ago | parent [-]

It's a capability with which having children will make you intimately familiar

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Yodel0914 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		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.

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bell-cot 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

By the 3rd week of Goodnight Moon at bedtime, are you still reading the printed words?

	▲	esafak 6 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		No, because the kid has learned to anticipate what's to come, and reading it becomes a game or performance art.
	▲	wombatpm 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Throw in an occasional Goodnight Opus and learn to depart from the text