Week of Sept. 25-29
Dear Parents, We will be using environmental print in our classroom and we need your help! Please send examples of environmental print that you have around the house. This could be signs that are on cereal boxes, snacks, fast food cartons, magazines, shopping bags, etc. Thanks! The HCE Kindergarten Team What is environmental print? It is the print of everyday life- symbols, signs and colors found in everyday life. Examples of environmental print would be the signs used for Wal-Mart, McDonald's, LEGOs, Barbie, and Cheerios just to name a few. Why do we use environmental print in the classroom? These signs and symbols make our classroom a "print rich" environment and these symbols are the starting point for developing reading skills. Children "read" these within the context of their everyday life and it helps bridge the gap between the functional print of school and the print of the outside world.
