Phonological Awareness
Super Duper What is Phonological Awareness.pdfWhat is Phonological Awareness?
The ability to hear and manipulate sounds in spoken language.
This handout, provided by Super Duper Publications, describes what phonological awareness is, why it is important, and what skills make up phonological awareness. Click the icon in the top right corner to download the document for printing.
See the videos below by Sophia Cormack, SLP, and reading expert Margie Gillis from Understood for All for more information on phonological awareness and it's importance as a pre-literacy skill.
Activities to Build Phonological Awareness Skills
nursery rhymes.pdfUse Nursery Rhymes - they are not just for babies!
Nursery rhymes are important for young children because they help develop an ear for our language. Both rhyme and rhythm help kids hear the sounds and syllables in words, which helps kids learn to read! Here are some activities and recommended poetry books to aid your child's developing poetry, rhyming, and rhythm skills.
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Handout by Reading Rockets. For more information, Click Here.
Play with Words
Blending (combining sounds) and segmenting (separating sounds) are phonological awareness skills that are necessary for learning to read. Developing your child's phonological awareness is an important part of developing your child as a reader. Learn how working on phonological awareness can be fun and easy.
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Handout by Reading Rockets. For more information, Click Here.
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