Post-Reading Activities’ Impact on Memorization

Picture books embody a close connection between two media, the written and the visual. The combination helps to sensitize children’s perception, memory, and learning. Many children memorize part of the content, characteristics of the protagonists, and/or other story details. In the present study, two aspects were investigated: (a) the practices of preschool teachers when working with picture books (N = 98), and (b) the effects of post-reading activities on children’s memorization of story content (N = 43). Whereas preschool teachers’ practices were mostly in line with expectations, the poor effects of some post-reading activities were surprising.