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2) Teachers and parents usually call attention tothe pictures when they read storybooks to preschool children.But a new studysuggests that calling attention to the words and letters on the page may leadto better readers.
The two-year studycompared children who were read to this way in class with children who werenot.Those whose teachers most often discussed the print showed clearly higherskills in reading,spelling and understanding.These results were found oneyear and even two years later.
Shayne Piasta,anassistant professor of teaching and learning at Ohio State University,was an author of the study.She says most preschool teachers would find this method manageable and wouldneed only a small change in the way they teach.They already read storybooks inclass.The only difference would be increased attention to the printed text.
Ms.Piasta says if youget children to pay attention to letters and words,it makes sense that theywill do better at word recognition and spelling.But she says research suggeststhat very few parents and teachers do this in a systematic way.
The report appears inthe journal Child Development.