Shots - Health Blog Tue May 29, 2012 Small Change In Reading To
Preschoolers Can Help Disadvantaged Kids Catch Up Originally
published on Tue May 29, 2012 8:45 pm On a recent Monday morning
in Washington, D.C., a group of 3-year-old preschoolers bumbled
their way into a circle, more or less, on the rug of their
classroom. It was time to read. The children sat cross-legged as
their teacher, Mary-Lynn Goldstein, held high a book, Don't Let
the Pigeon Drive the Bus. There was a short conversation about
pigeons, then, for reasons that weren't entirely clear, cows;
and then Goldstein began to read. She read as most teachers
read, occasionally stopping to ask a question, point out a
picture or make a comment about the story. In other words, it
was a familiar scene — a scene that, on that very day, likely
took place in every preschool classroom in the country.
Preschool teachers do this, and have been doing it for decades.
"The thought was you read to children — that will make a big
difference in how well they read