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What is Phonological/Phonemic Awareness?
Phonological Awareness forms the basis of phonics. Phonics is the understanding that sounds and print letters are connected; this is the first step towards “reading.”
Phonemic Awareness is the specific ability to focus on and manipulate individual sounds in spoken words. Phonemes are the smallest units of spoken language ~ there are 44 phonemes or sounds. Phonemic Awareness is the foundation for spelling and word recognition skills. It is one of the best predictors of how well a child will learn to read the words!
Good Phonological/Phonemic Awareness means that the child can:
§ blend sounds in words
§ complete phoneme substitution activities
§ count syllables
§ rhyme
§ spell by sound
§ demonstrate understanding of individual sounds in words by using “chips” to represent each sound heard
§ play word and sound games
To work on this skill:
§ Work on the skill building in phonemes ~ awareness of sounds, rhyming, alliteration, isolating sounds, matching, categorizing, blending, segmenting, and manipulating phonemes, syllables
To work specifically on rhyming
Why is rhyming an important skill for children to learn?
Recognizing rhyming words is a basic level of phonemic awareness.
Rhyming requires that children listen closely for sounds within words.
Children who recognize rhyme learn that words are made up of separate parts.
An early goal is to have children listen to a pair of words and decide whether or not the words rhyme.
Eventually, the goal is to have children generate words that rhyme
Enjoy learning with your little one
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