A study examined whether reading aloud to kindergarten children on a regular basis would have an effect on their attention span. Subjects, 28 kindergarten students from a New Jersey school, were pretested and then assigned either to an experimental group or to a control group (14 in each group). The experimental sample received the treatment of being read aloud to by their teacher five times per week for approximately 15 minutes each time, whereas the control sample received read-aloud sessions only once a week. In order to determine any effect on their attention span, both groups were also posttested. A questionnaire dealing with reading habits in the home was compiled by the researcher and distributed to the parents of the children involved. Results indicated that the read-aloud treatment to kindergarten children five times per week had a positive effect on their test scores relating to auditory memory and attention span. The results of the questionnaire distributed to the parents of the children showed that reading habits in the home also affected the child in positive ways. (Five tables of data and a figure are included, and 12 pages of a related research review, 3 pages of references, and 8 appendixes--containing developmental profile sheets, auditory memory data, comparative statistics, pretest and posttest information, and parent interview information--are attached.) (JK)