Ivy Waters International Standards · EY-E-03

Print Orientation & Book Engagement

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EY-E-03Ages 3–5 · Early Years · English

Print Orientation & Book Engagement

English & Pre-Literacy Foundations

Your child knows that books contain stories and pictures, holds a book right-side up, flips pages sequentially from front to back, and understands that the symbols on the page represent spoken words.

In real life

Your child climbs into your lap with their favorite picture book, hands it to you facing the right way, points to the pictures, and asks you to read what the characters are saying.

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Ivy Waters International Standards v2.2.0 (2026). Standard EY-E-03: Print Orientation & Book Engagement. https://ivywaters.com/standards/EY-E-03

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