Concepts of Print
⇐ previousConcepts about print relate to how print is organised and used in reading and writing tasks. Awareness of this begins with oral language development; children learn that language carries messages and words can represent ideas. Print is valuable in all forms and our children are presented with stories, non-fiction books, poems, notes, lists, letters and labels. Whilst reading teachers systematically point to printed words. They use shared writing, in which children dictate messages and observe as the teacher writes them down.
Alphabet Knowledge
Alphabet knowledge is understanding that there is a systematic relationship between letters and sounds. In our program children have ongoing access to the alphabet as they use books, magazines, catalogs, mail, games and menus as well as alphabet books, puzzles, three-dimensional letters, letter stamps and ink pads, letter blocks, tiles and computers. Over time children are exposed to all the alphabet letters and have multiple opportunities to recognise and write them, whilst beginning to distinguish and match upper and lowercase letters.
