Focus on Book Knowledge and Print Concepts
Learn how to promote the Planned Language Approach's Book Knowledge and Print Concepts in your program. Explore the research and the development trajectory for these skills in children ages birth to 5.
Book Knowledge and Print Concepts
Resources here can help teachers and caregivers convey to children how books and print work and to help children recognize that print is speech written down.
Book knowledge and print concepts make up one of the five key skills, or the Big 5, in the Planned Language Approach. Resources on the other Big 5 skills cover alphabet knowledge and early writing, background knowledge, oral language and vocabulary, and phonological awareness.
Read It Again! Benefits of Reading to Young Children
When you read with children, they connect the words they hear to the pictures on the page and things in their world. Learn why story time is important for children’s brain development.
Planned Language Approach: Book Knowledge and Print Concepts
Find ways to support children’s book knowledge and print concepts. Learn how families can help children build these skills. See how background knowledge develops through the eyes of a kindergartener.
Teaching New Words: Embedding Vocabulary Instruction in Storybooks
Find out how to embed vocabulary instruction in storybook reading. Learn how to use explicit instruction and select useful and teachable targets.
Tips for Parents: Choosing Books for Infants and Toddlers
Reading is an important skill for future learning. Here are some tips for choosing good books for infants and toddlers. Parents, caregivers, and guardians may find these tips helpful.