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Mia opens her book. The page is full of words, and the words tell a story. They are not just marks.
Mia puts her finger on the word she will read first. Where does her finger go?
Understanding print
Demonstrate understanding that print carries meaning, follows left-to-right top-to-bottom directionality, and is organised page by page in books
What a learner can do afterwards
- Track words with a finger moving left to right across the page
- Turn pages in the correct sequence when handling a book
- Point to where reading starts on a page
1 · Read
Print is not just marks on paper. It tells a story or gives facts. Your eyes read words in one direction. Start at the top-left. Move your eyes right, then down. You read one word at a time, in order.
Try it together
Mia opens her book. She puts her finger on the top-left word. She moves it slowly to the right as she reads. The finger shows her eyes which word to read next.
A book is read page by page. The story starts at the front of the book. When you finish a page, turn it to see the next one. The pages come in order, and that order makes the story make sense.
Good to know
Turn the pages in order, from front to back. Skipping pages makes the story confusing.
Print carries meaning. Read left to right, top to bottom, page by page.
Reading written for this dataset.
2 · Watch
3 · Play
Take it off screen
Print a worksheetA4 with an answer key page for grown-ups. No screen, no internet.
Where it sits
Learn first
Nothing; this is a starting point.
Then practise
24 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.