Reading with Intonation
3/30/2026 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
This activity demonstrates the importance of tone in reading to convey various emotions.
This activity focuses on the importance of tone in reading. The adult reads some pages of a book, changing the tone in their voice to make the text engaging. The parent invites the child to do the same. Emotions can be conveyed through tone. This helps young readers develop reading fluency and comprehension.
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Learning to Read is a local public television program presented by WNPT
Funding for LEARNING TO READ is provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Reading with Intonation
3/30/2026 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
This activity focuses on the importance of tone in reading. The adult reads some pages of a book, changing the tone in their voice to make the text engaging. The parent invites the child to do the same. Emotions can be conveyed through tone. This helps young readers develop reading fluency and comprehension.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- Tone is how we say the words, the feelings, or attitude in our voice.
As you read together, try using different tones.
You might read one page sounding angry, another sounding silly, or even whisper one.
- And now I'm reading you this book with my monkey mouth in my monkey voice.
That's not true, I am not a monkey.
Yes, I am a monkey.
Alright, now you read this one.
- [Child] Okay.
Also, I am a robot monkey.
What?
- Good job.
Okay, try this one.
- [Child] And my head is made of blueberry pizza.
- Tone can help build reading fluency and make a familiar book feel new.
- And also, the kid I'm reading this book to is the best kid ever.
(chuckles) - [Narrator] Sponsored by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, helping build literary skills and encouraging parents and children to spend 20 minutes a day reading together.
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Learning to Read is a local public television program presented by WNPT
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