Bedtime stories are only one example of reading aloud. This intimate experience with your children begins the very first time you recite a nursery rhyme to them as infants, and continues through their school years whenever, for example you read aloud a newspaper tidbit you think will interest them.
You can read aloud to your children almost anywhere — on a bed, in a comfortable chair large enough for two, under a shady tree, or inside a makeshift tent. Or you can go beyond the ‘basics’ by adding hats or costumes, an audience of dolls, or a homemade recording of sound effects. You can also make up your own stories.

Continue to read aloud when your children learn to read -. challenge their imaginations with picture less books, and bolster their vocabulary with stories above their reading level. Encourage them to read aloud to you from whatever written material is. at hand
— road signs, a restaurant menu, the cereal packet, or captions in the family photo album.
Just as you share the pleasure of reading by reading aloud to a child, he or she may in turn share it with a younger brother or sister who can’t yet read, or with someone whose ability to read has been physically impaired. At any age, reading aloud whets the appetite for reading experiences of all kinds.