Read to Me Song — by Ms. Christina

Ms. Christina shares a song encouraging adults to read to children on her new banjolele.

Grownups and caregivers: May this song inspire you to read to your children every day. Did you know that if you read to a child for just 20 minutes a day, they will hear 1.8 million words per year and gain the foundation for all subsequent learning? So please make reading to your kids a daily habit — and share this song to help spread the message!

LYRICS AND CHORDS:

Chorus:
[C] Please read to [G] me
[Am] In the bright [F] day light
[C] Just read to [G] me
[Am] By the [F] fire light
[C] Won’t you please [G] read to me
[Am] Every day, [F] and [G7] every night
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[C] You’ve been at work and [G] I’ve been at play
[Am] Now we’re home at the [F] end of the day
[C] Looking up at you I hope you’ll [G] put your phone away
[C] Oh, the TV’s quiet [G] and my room is tidy
[Am] I got this book for us at the [F] library
[C] Let’s curl up [G] together with a [F] story
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(Repeat Chorus)
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[C] Let’s sit together in the [G] comfy chair
[Am] Or cuddle up in bed with [F] my teddy bear
[C] We can read [G] together [F] anywhere
[C] Read to me in the [G] great outdoors
[Am] Oh, read to me on a [F] blanket on the floor
[C] Please read this book to [G] me once [F] more
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(Repeat Chorus)