How do you teach concepts about print?
Concepts
about print
are some of the earliest literacy skills a child learns. Basically
these are concepts about books, print awareness, and the idea that
printed words have meaning. They help a reader know how to approach a
written text so that it will make sense.
Our Concepts Of Print Kit, teaches all of these skills at a preschool level in a fun and engaging way. This full-year curriculum is easy to use with minimal preparation.
What should be taught
About books
- Books – what is a book, why we have books (See the video below)
- Front cover including the title and author
- Print is all around us
- Printed words are different from pictures
- Words have meaning
- We hold a book and turn the pages in a certain way
- Printed words are read from left to right
Inside books
- Words and spaces
- Upper case and lower case letters
- Basic punctuation (. , ! ?)
- Letters and numbers
- Word by word matching
- Reading multiple lines of text on a page
Text features
- Graphs, charts, diagrams, and tables
- Bold or italic text
- Headings, subtitles, or captions
- Paragraphs
- Chapters
- Outlines
- Contents, index, and glossary
Print concepts continue to develop as we look at more varieties of text. Learning these concepts is a life-long pursuit!
For information about print concepts at each stage of emergent literacy click on the links below. You will also find fun lesson plan ideas
Awareness and Exploration (Babies and Toddlers)
Experimental Reading and Writing (Preschool)
Early Reading and Writing (Kindergarten and 1st Grade)
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