Have you ever noticed how preschoolers ‘read’? They pick up familiar books, admire the pictures, and tell the story with words that they remember from the last time an adult read the book to them. They use the language and the pictures from the text to create their own rendering. They don’t get bogged down with trying to decode the words. Instead, they focus on meaning.
But wait a minute, isn’t that what we want all kids to do? To focus on the meaning?
