Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear the individual sounds in words. Phonemic awareness skills are necessary building blocks for early reading.

On this page, you will find tips and resources to help your child develop phonemic awareness.

Phonemic Awareness Activities To Try At Home

  • Read Nursery Rhymes

  • Read rhyming books

  • Recite rhyming words

  • Sing Alphabet Songs

  • Listen for the beginning, middle, or ending sounds in words

  • Match sounds to pictures

  • Blend individual sounds together to make words /c/ /a/ /t/ --- cat

  • Break a word apart (segment) into individual sounds cat --- /c/ /a/ /t/


Additional Phonemic Awareness Information from the Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Curriculum