It`s never too early to start comprehension instruction — making meaning. Even with little or no alphabet knowledge, preschoolers and kindergartners can develop the skills they need from their first days of school. With the reading program and strategies presented in this book, these emergent readers will learn to present their understanding of what they read through writing, talk, movement, and art. Teachers will discover ways to nurture and strengthen comprehension skills even before decoding begins. Meaning making will become part of community building as children link reading, thinking, and communicating.