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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The NY Times today had an article on the pressure on
preschools to teach reading. <a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/nyregion/15reading.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/nyregion/15reading.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It mentions that there are studies showing that there are no
links between early reading and later intelligence. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> My organization, CCFC, is investigating marketing
claims made by Your Baby Can Read. As many of you probably know, YBCR is
a package of videos and flashcards claiming to teach infants to read. </span></font>Further,
YBCR claims that it acts during a “short window of
opportunity.” The advertisements claim that by teaching your child
to read during infancy, YBCR will allow her to outperform her peers in school
and in life.<o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>We have quotes from experts mentioning studies that refute these
claims, but we can’t find the studies. If anyone knows about
studies about early reading and its impact on school performance I’m
wondering if you can point me to them. I have a review of the literature
by Olson from 2006.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Susan</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Susan Linn, Ed.D., is Director of
the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and Instructor in Psychiatry,
Harvard Medical School<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Contact Information:<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>CCFC<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Non-Profit Center<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><i><font
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South Street, Suite 403</span></font></i></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-style:italic'>, <st1:State w:st="on">MA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">02111</st1:PostalCode></span></i></st1:place><i><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>617-896-9370</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/">http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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