# Making the Most of Shared Reading: Practical Tips from Two Experts!

### At-a-glance

##### Topics

Literacy & reading, School readiness, Student achievement, Student engagement

##### Resource Types

Blog posts

##### Author

The Inclusion Lab

##### Year

2015

### Introduction

In their book Shared Storybook Reading, Helen Ezell and Laura Justice identify two key skills children with and without disabilities must bring to the shared-reading table (or armchair) to get the most out of this important activity. Those skills are: attending and conversational turn-taking.

### Tips for Development

So how can you help a child you love develop these two key skills? Ezell & Justice offer some tips in Shared Storybook Reading, which I’ll share here…

[Read the blog post](http://blog.brookespublishing.com/helping-all-kids-benefit-from-shared-reading-tips-free-early-literacy-calendar/)