Where to begin writing or reading,
going from left to right
Where to go after the end of
the line (return sweep)
The print, not the picture,
carries the message
Word by word pointing (one-to-one
correspondence)
Concept of a letter, word, sentence
Concept of first and last part
(of the word, sentence, story)
Letter order in words is important
There are first and last letters
in words
Upper and lower case letters
have purpose
Different punctuation marks
have meaning
Books have a front cover with
a title and a back cover