Whisper Phones 07/14/2011
 
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These are whisper phones made from PVC piping. They are for early readers to read aloud quietly but still hear themselves. This is very helpful if you have a group of early readers trying to all read at the same time!

I have used them in my elementary classroom for years and never thought to bring them into our home until the kids visited me at school. They fell in love with them. We went to the hardware store and they got to make and color their very own.

They use them for reading and playing telephone with!

I was trying to find an article to attach to this idea about young children and silent reading. It is not possible for a very early reader to "read in their head" or silently. This skill comes around level E or the skill level of beginning of 1st grade. This is good information as you watch you child learn to read. :-)
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