Kate Is Three and Loves to Be Read To

Kate is three and loves to be read to. At preschool, she picks up an unfamiliar book, opens it to the end, points to the text, and begins to "pretend read" the story. These behaviors suggest that Kate most likely

A) has well-developed book-handling skills.
B) knows where individual words begin and end.
C) has developed an understanding that print carries meaning.
D) understands the concept of print directionality.