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Phonological Awareness: "Rocking" foundational reading Skills by hearing the "music" of language

Welcome to the Phonological Awareness website for Kindergarten parents or new-to-kindergarten teachers that want to know how to support early literacy skills for children. You will find resources to help you understand these somewhat-misunderstood and too-often-oven-looked set of pre-literacy skills.

Please watch the introductory video below, then visit the overview page for more a more detailed definition of phonological awareness and each component involved. Use the menu bar above or the frames below to explore more information and activities related to each component.

 

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HEARING WORDS

Identifying, counting, and manipulating words in spoken sentences.

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SYLLABLES

Identifying, counting, and manipulating chunks of spoken words.

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ONSET-RIME & ALLITERATION

Isolating and blending the beginning sound and rime of a word, and classifying words by beginning sound.

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PHONEMIC AWARENESS

Identifying, blending and segmenting the individual sounds in a word.

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Rachel English
SCPS Kindergarten Teacher