You can help your child or student develop phonemic awareness with the following simple  The activities are aimed at developing opportunities for metalinguistic discovery, with the aim of encouraging the child to think about, and talk about language, especially at a phonological (speech sound) level. After more than 30 years of research sponsored around the country by the National Institutes of Health, we know that there is a set of listening skills, Phonemic Awareness, that predicts who will be successful in learning to read. The objective of the Phonological Awareness sequence of activities is to teach students to identify and manipulate the sounds in spoken words. Phonological Awareness ideas from Miriam Trehearne. |
An alphabet sound game that is hands-on and fun to play. Students will pick real items out of a container and place them on the alphabet mat. The game can be varied to include middle and ending sounds. Perfect for small group instruction and can be varied per student at the same time. When your done the activity can be used as a balanced literacy work station.