About this activity
A ten-part choral reading in Spanish: leemos juntos, en voz alta y al mismo tiempo, empezamos despacio, and then a short story — el sol salió temprano, María abrió la ventana, en la cocina su abuela ya preparaba pan y café, caminaron juntas por la calle empedrada. The last card hands the reading over: ahora lee tú solo un párrafo, con el mismo ritmo tranquilo.
How to use it in a session
Read genuinely together, matching the student rather than leading. Choral reading works because the student is not carrying the utterance alone, and an adult reading ahead turns it into following rather than sharing. Start slowly, as the first card says, and keep the pace even. Then fade — read more quietly, drop out for a sentence, and finally hand over the last paragraph. Twelve minutes covers the story with the handover.
What to listen for
Listen for the rhythm holding when you drop out. A student who is fluent in unison and disfluent alone is getting the benefit of the shared rate rather than internalising it, which is normal early on and is what the fading is for. Watch where in the paragraph the tension returns — usually the first sentence after you stop.
Carrying it home
Choral reading is something a family can do without training. Reading a page together, out loud and at the same time, is the whole method, and it works in whichever language the household reads in.
Questions
- Is this activity in Spanish?
- Yes, the story and the instructions are Spanish. This page is in English so an English-speaking clinician can find and evaluate it.
- Is it free?
- Yes, no account or card needed.
- Why does reading together reduce disfluency?
- Choral reading removes the pressure of carrying the utterance alone and supplies a steady external rate. Nearly everyone who stutters is more fluent in unison, which makes it a useful starting point rather than an end in itself.