Do you want to help your child learn how to read? Use a print referencing style when reading aloud to your child.
According to research, young children spend less than 6% of read aloud time looking at print unless an adult deliberately highlights print for them (Williams & Pursoo, 2008). According to Justice et al., 2008, “When preschool age children are reading with a print referencing style every day for 10 minutes they may fixate on print 20,000 times more often than children who are read to in a way that does not draw attention to print.” I found this fact amazing! 20,000 is very significant!
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References
Justice, L. M., A. S. Mcginty, S. B. Piasta, J. N. Kaderavek, and X. Fan. “Print-Focused Read-Alouds in Preschool Classrooms: Intervention Effectiveness and Moderators of Child Outcomes.” Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools 41.4 (2010): 504-20. Web.
Zucker, Tricia A., Allison E. Ward, and Laura M. Justice. “Print Referencing During Read-Alouds: A Technique for Increasing Emergent Readers’ Print Knowledge.” The Reading Teacher 63.1 (2009): 62-72. Web. <http://ici-bostonready-pd-2009-2010.wikispaces.umb.edu/file/view/Print+Referencing+During+Read+Alouds.pdf>.