Print Awareness
PRINT AWARENESSPrint Awareness is noticing print all around you, knowing how to hold a book, and how to follow the written words on a page. In English we read from left to right and from top to bottom. Children with print awareness skills begin to understand that print has different functions depending on the context i.e. recipes, menus, signs and labels, story books, and environmental signs. The purpose of reading is to gain meaning from the text and understand the ideas that words convey.Suggestions to develop Print Awareness: