Abstract
One way people learn new words is through reading books and stories. Little kids love hearing their favorite stories over and over and are also very good at learning new words. We wondered if reading the same stories could be helping preschool kids learn new words. Our research tested if it was better to read the same stories over and over or to read a few different stories. Here we tell you about three studies that show preschool kids learn more words from the same stories over and over. Our research suggests that it’s easier to learn new words from stories when you have heard the story before and know what is going to happen.
Highlights
Maybe they learn how to use the word correctly in a sentence better
Understanding how kids learn helps in lots of other ways, too
Reading the same stories and books over and over might help you, too
Summary
Kids learn best from stories with plots that are easy to understand and relate to. They learn better from books with photos than from books with cartoon-style drawings [1]. We know that pointing to things in the pictures helps kids learn words from stories. Giving definitions of new words is helpful too, and so is asking the kids questions about things mentioned in the story. We know kids love hearing the same stories over and over, so we wondered whether this was helpful for word learning. This is what our studies are about
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