Environmental Print Walks

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Environmental Print Walks
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The print that surround children in urban
communities can provide an excellent source of
literacy conversation and learning. By taking
literacy walks with children in their community
teachers can learn much about childrens everyday
literacy and their worlds. (Orellana Hernandez,
1999, p. 612)
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Some kinds of environmental print appear to have
more meaning for children than others
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By linking the reading of words to the reading
of worlds that children know best, we can spark
their enthusiasm for learning in school (Orellana
Hernandez, 1999, p. 619).
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ReferenceOrellana, M., Hernandez, A. (1999).
Talking the walk Children reading urban
environmental print. The Reading Teacher, 52
(6), 612-617.
Take an environmental print walk in your own
neighborhood to find examples of environmental
print that would be interesting to young children
and that they would be able to read.