Concepts of Print

Concepts of print refers to the understanding of how print and books work.

While reading with your child, here are some parts of a story that you can ask your child to identify:

• • a letter

  • a word

  • a sentence

  • the end of a sentence (punctuation mark)

  • the front of the book

  • the back of the book

  • where I should start reading the story

  • a space

  • how I should hold the book

  • the title of the book

  • how many words are in this sentence