Phoneme Awareness

Signs and symptoms of reading disabilities and deficiencies

Signs and Symptoms of Reading Disabilities and Deficiencies

Reading disabilities and deficiencies can be a frustrating and often misunderstood condition. What’s more, common signs of a reading disability include poor reading comprehension and difficulty understanding what is read. It is important to recognize the signs and symptoms of reading disabilities early on to provide effective support for those individuals affected by this disability. […]

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Learning to read

Learning How to Read: Phonics and Decoding

The second floor to the construction of ‘reading success’ is phonics or decoding and sight words and use of symbol imagery. Let’s discuss phonics or decoding first.  To have a strong foundation for mastering decoding, your child must be proficient with phoneme awareness as I discussed first.  The next floor is decoding and sight words

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Improve your Child's Phonemic Awareness

How to Improve your Child’s Phonemic Awareness with These Activities

Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual sounds-or phonemes-in spoken words. It is a critical first step in learning to read. These activities will help improve your child’s phonemic awareness. Word Search: Create a grid of squares on a piece of paper.  Write words in each grid square.  This game

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Phoneme Awareness Activities for Parents to Use With Their Kids

Phoneme Awareness Activities for Parents to Use with Their Kids

If you’re looking for ways to help your child develop phonemic awareness, you’re in luck! There are plenty of activities you can do at home to support your child’s learning. Check out these phoneme awareness activities for parents to use with their kids. Sound Sorting: This activity is a great way to help your child

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Games Your Children Can Do in Daily Life to Promote Phoneme Awareness

Games Your Children Can Do in Daily Life to Promote Phoneme Awareness

If you’re looking for ways to help your child become aware of phonemes, or the individual sounds in words, there are plenty of games your children can do in daily life to promote phoneme awareness.  Below are a few examples: Tongue Twisters: This game is a great way to help children identify different sounds and

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Phoneme Awareness (letter sound[s]) Games for Parents to Use with their Kids

Phoneme Awareness letter sounds: Games for Parents to Use with their Kids

Phoneme Awareness letter sounds: Games for Parents to Use with their Kids. Most parents are familiar with the basic building blocks of reading – the alphabet. But did you know that there are smaller units of sound within each letter? These are called phonemes, and they are the key to helping your child become a

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How to Help Your Child Learn Phoneme Awareness

How to Help Your Child Learn Phoneme Awareness

How to Help Your Child Learn Phoneme Awareness Like all buildings, they get their strength from their foundation.  This allows for the many floors of a building to be added.  Just as in architecture, literacy success relies upon a ‘strong foundation.’   In literacy, this foundation is called ‘phoneme awareness.’  This is the ability to hear

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