What is SEGMENTING?

SEGMENTING is your child’s ability to hear a word and then separate it into its parts. Think about what YOU were doing while you practiced blending with your child!

What does SEGMENTING have to do with READING?

Learning how to segment words will be important when your child attempts to write a word with all of its pieces. Eventually, these parts will be connected to letters. You’ve already worked on identifying beginning and ending sounds, but segmenting can help us find sounds in other parts of the word.

What can I do at home?

• You’ve already spent some time segmenting while you worked on syllables!

• Using “Robot Talk” is a fun way to say words s-ou-n-d-b-y-s-ou-n-d

• Using bead, blocks, Play-Doh or any other markers to represent can help you visualize “breaking” words into pieces.

• Follow activities on your PA Segmenting Calendar

Here are some words to get started! You can find target words everywhere! Going for walks, looking around the house, reading a book…..

*FUN TIP* Let’s cheer! Doing a word cheer with your whole body is a fun segmenting activity for everyone. Touch your head for the first sound, your mouth for the second, and your legs for the last sound- WOO HOO!