APA Press Release: Toddlers Learn Complex Actions from Picture-Book Reading, Says New Research

“This research shows that very young children can learn to perform novel actions with novel objects from a brief picture-book reading interaction. This common form of interaction that takes place very early in children’s lives, may provide an important source of information to them about the world around them,” said lead author, Gabrielle Simcock.

おもちゃの作り方が描かれた絵本を幼児に読み聞かせた後、実際に作るように促すと、絵本に接した子の方がちゃんと作れたと。
幼いうちから、読書経験から学ぶことは多いっていうことか。