What Is It?
Concepts of print refers to the ability of a child to know and recognize the ways in which print “works” for the purposes of reading, particularly with regard to books.
Why Is It Important?
Concepts of print include:
Reading from left to right
Reading from top to bottom
The fact that letters and words convey a message
Print is what we read
The "return sweep", to move from one line to the next
Illustrations in a book correspond to the print
Every book has a front, back, and an author
Activities:
Give a student a book and ask him or her to show you:
The front of the book
The title of the book
Where you should begin reading
A letter
A word
The first word of a sentence
The last word of a sentence
The first and last word on a page
Punctuation marks
A capital letter
A lowercase letter
The back of the book