PRE-READING SKILL
1. Print Motivation Being excited about and interested in books. For example, books have sound of different animals, because animals is interesting topic for children. 2. Print Awareness Understanding that print on a page represents words that are spoken, knowing how to follow words on a page, and knowing how to hold a book. 3. Phonological Awareness Understanding that words are made up of smaller sounds. Hearing and playing with smaller sounds in words. Phonological Awareness comes before phonics. 4. Vocabulary Knowing the names of things, feelings, concepts, and ideas. Knowing the meaning of words and connecting words to objects, events, or concepts in the world. 5. Narrative Skills Being able to describe things and events. Being able to tell and understand stories. 6. Letter Knowledge Understanding that letters are different from each other. Recognizing letters and knowing that they have different names and sounds.