Out of curiosity how do you read with children? Do you plow through the page/book without stopping, do you stop and acknowledge everything a child has said, do you stop and ask questions?

I find that I prefer to read uninterrupted. I feel like the flow, rhythm and meaning of the story is so easily lost when I stop to respond to every interruption.

It seems like if I sop to say "yes, that's a cat" when they stand there pointing saying "cat,cat,cat,cat " that they don't actually learn to sit and LISTEN to the story (in which I'd be saying cat, to acknowledge it is indeed a cat).

Obviously it does depend on the book itself, the child(ren) and the purpose of the story reading. Sometime the whole point is to sit and have the children label what they see.

But, when it comes to a good story I much prefer to read it, with the flow and rhythm it was meant to be read with!