Concepts About Print refers to the foundational understandings emergent readers need to have about how printed language works and represents language. These concepts include print awareness, knowledge of book and print concepts, and include understanding front/back of books, directionality of reading from left to right, that print carries meaning at the letter, word, and sentence level, and that words are separated by spaces. Concepts About Print are taught through shared reading experiences with big books, charts, and poems, as well as guided reading, story dictations, and exploring print in the classroom.