1. Exploring the Impact of Television Watching on Vocabulary
Skills in Toddlers HARLEEN VIRK
2. YOUR BABY CAN READ INFOMERCIAL
3. Rise in Television viewing in Kids Study impact of TV
viewing to vocabulary skills Study targeted 2 to 3 year olds
Children found in British daycare centers Various TV genres
evaluated Methods used included: -Parent questionnaires
-standardized testing of children -short term memory tested with
digit recall -Dot matrix task
4. In order to build reading skills child must comprehend
vocabulary Watching adult programs predicted poor performance on
academic tests Reading and vocabulary go hand and hand Reading and
short term memory skills predicted vocabulary performance Findings
resulted in TV having no impact on vocabulary skills Educational
Shows Cartoons Adult Shows Baby DVDs
5. Surprising results considering large market to teach
vocabulary to children via TV/DVD Can use findings: -with raising
own children -how we teach in the future -change our expectations
from TV/DVD material from learning to entertainment -encourage
reading books versus TV/DVD to enhance vocabulary
6. Parents insight on child TV time TV does not have as many
negative impacts as parents may think. Reading has a very big
impact on the vocabulary and short-term memory of toddlers.
Encourage parents to read and further explain the books and words
This study may help with more detailed studies in the future.