Videos, Games Help Preschool Literacy, Study Says

Do videos and interactive games help kids better prepare for kindergarten? According to a new study, low-income children in preschool classrooms improved their literacy skills when their teachers incorporated videos and online technology into the curriculum.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting commissioned research firms Center, All teachers were given coaching and support to help them carry out the curriculum.
Researchers looked at whether videos and games impacted young children’s literacy skills and found that kids with the most to learn made the most gains. In fact, they learned an average of 7.5 more letters than children in a comparison group who participated in the brief, intensive curriculum.
Most children in the study came from economically disadvantaged communities where they were far less prepared for school than their more affluent peers. The research, conducted from January through June 2009, found that early literacy skills increased significantly compared to children who did not participate in the curriculum.
"Many studies have shown that computer technologies can improve learning for students in kindergarten through grade 12, but using digital media in preschool has been controversial," says the study’s lead researcher Shelley Pasnik, director of EDC's Center for Children “To make these kinds of gains after preschoolers and their teachers use technology, we think is especially significant.”
Preschool teachers were randomly assigned to use either a technology-supported literacy curriculum or a technology-supported science curriculum for 10 weeks. Kids in classrooms with the science curriculum served as the study’s comparison group. Those who participated in the literacy curriculum outscored children in the science curriculum on all five of the study’s measures: the ability to name letters, know the sounds associated with those letters, recognize letters in their own names, and understand basic concepts about stories and printed words.
“We know public media can improve literacy skills when kids watch at home; what we didn't know is that content from multiple shows could be effectively integrated into a curriculum and implemented by teachers," says William Penuel, director of evaluation research for. “If media can be harnessed to close this literacy gap, as this study has shown, it's a powerful new tool for preschool teachers.”
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting commissioned the study to evaluate video and interactive games from the programs Super Why!, Between the Lions and Sesame Street, produced for PBS KIDS as part of the Ready to Learn initiative, which creates educational programming, Web content, and outreach activities. The evaluation was funded by the U.S. Department of Education and CPB, in partnership with PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service.

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Preschool Educational Games

Considering the age of the preschool children, holding their attention on one particular activity for a longer duration of time is a task in itself.
Rather than making them sit down for 45 minutes and trying to drill the numbers, alphabets and other preschool curriculum into them, I find the fun approach to learning much more effective.
I have, and in this instance I can go ahead in saying that we all have, to a certain extent noticed, that there is only always one thought on the preschoolers mind all the time and that is to escape from the drilling exercises and continue from where they left i.e playing.
A more practical approach would be, to understand the curriculum yourself and teaching the preschooler the way he finds interesting. That is through some fun preschool educational games and activities.
This is much more relaxed and fun approach, but with far better outcome than possibly imagined.
What age do you begin teaching ?
It is never too early if we adopt the fun way of teaching, according to me. You can make a game out of any situation and use it to put your lesson through to your preschooler.
This gives us an opportunity to teach them what we think is important, with assured satisfaction of seeing them getting interested and more involved.
Singing the all time favourite preschool ABC song does not seem like you are trying to teach your kid, but it is more of a fun thing you are doing with your child, while he is picking up learning letters at the same time.
When I and Adi, my 3 year old are counting cars on our journey back home from work everyday, it is not learning numbers time for Adi, but more of a fun activity we share.
Children remember any activity easily if there is excitement & laughter in it.
Have these two ingredients in any preschool educational games or activities you decide to play with your preschooler and that will make learning fun and easy to remember for your child.
During this activity, talking constantly, explaining the activity to him/her helps to keep your kid interested in the activity.
This is what you will find:
The main objective in writing this section of preschool educational games has been, to share these simple games and activities that are so simple that you can do it anywhere/anytime having fun while they are learning skills.
They can fit in with your day to day routine, and let your child begin on their learning journey.
Practice makes perfect -Repetition is what makes learning and memorizing easy.
Learning alphabets, Numbers etc becomes easier if there is repetition and if repetition happens through simple day to day activities, then it becomes less tiring.
Take a look at these preschool educational games and activities which reinforce the concept of making learning enjoyable:
Preschool Alphabets Activities & Games - Learning letters is a steep curve for preschoolers and it takes them a while to master this pre-reading skill.
Take a look at these preschool alphabet activities and games preschool alphabet activities and games and make learning alphabets easy for your little one.
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