Top Tips for Teaching Phonemic Awareness
Submitted on 27 October, 2021
Many people don’t even know what phonemes are, let alone the importance of phonemic awareness to young minds. The very first stages of language development in young children relies upon the awareness of differences in sounds. As children develop, phonemes combine to make meaningful speech patterns and eventually are teamed with letters to form written words. Essential Skills has developed phonemic awareness activities that can be used online with kindergarten students to help develop their phonemic awareness. In class, there are some other activities and tips to help young students with phonemic skills.