Three interrelated strategies of print instruction can be used to connect kindergarten students to writing and literature: (1) connecting the child to previous experiences; (2) connecting verbal and written language; and (3) connecting children to literature, print, and writing. Children can link their past experiences to print by labeling classroom items, using a "message" board and sign-in sheets instead of taking attendance orally, and writing in journals. Verbal speech can be related to print by daily routines of reading aloud the calendar, weather chart, and daily schedule. Verbal speech can also be connected to print by reading aloud songs and poems, by communicating through "written" conversations, and by writing books from the children's verbal recounting of events in their lives. Finally, teachers can help children understand the connection between literature and print by providing a large variety of books and ample time to look at them, by helping children understand and appreciate literature through book extensions, reading strategy instruction, and literature study, by integrating literature across the curriculum, and by reading aloud to the class. (Examples of a label book page, sign-in sheet, and a written conversation are attached, as well as lists of helpful materials to use in the classroom.) (MM)