Concept of Print

Concept of Print is an important school readiness skill. Make classroom or home reading fun and integrate these key readiness questions into your reading sessions:

Can the child identify the front of the book?

Does the child know where to begin reading? (top/down)

Does the child know which direction to read? (left to right)

Does the child know at the end of the line to return to the next line? (return sweep)

Does the child have a one-to-one match with voice to print? (Can the child point to words as they are read?) 

Does the child understand the concept of first and last part of the book?

Does the child know that the left page is read before the right page?

Can the child identify a period?

Does the child know the meaning of a period?

Can the child identify a question mark?

Does the child know the meaning of a question mark?