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  • Culture and Language
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  • Book Knowledge and Print Concepts (3)
  • Dual Language Learners (2)
  • Reading (2)

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  • Video (2)
  • Article (1)

Age Group

Program Type

Series

  • Front Porch Broadcast Series (1)
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.

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.

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. This video is presented by Dr. Elizabeth Spencer and Dr. Howard Goldstein, Ohio State University.

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