Provide daily experiences for children to listen to stories to demonstrate how print works. When reading a story to the students begin by displaying the cover page and point to the print (title and author) and read. Help the chidren recognize that these are letters and letters make words which can be read, written, spoken, and sung. As the book is read note how the pictures correlate with the text. Repeat these activities on a daily basis.
Teach the students a repetitive song or poem. After the students have learned the song display the song/poem on a chart tablet. Talk to the children about the words on the chart. Explain that the words from the song they learned are now on the chart page. Point to the words on the chart as you sing/read the chart. Tell students that the words we speak can be written and that we use the letters of the alphabet to spell the words.
Another activitiy would be to do a picture walk (Jan Richardson) with students.