Strategies to Model and Share With Parents

Phoneimc AwarenessPhonemic Awareness Strategies

  • Ask parents and children to clap the syllables in a word—e.g., clap the parts in the word "lone-ly."


  • Point out letters (especially letters in words that are familiar to children) and ask what they are.


  • Talk about the sounds in words. For example, in the phrase "bee buzzed busily," each word begins with the same beginning sound (/b/).


  • Play with language. Make up nonsense words that rhyme with words or names you read aloud—e.g., Lily: silly, nilly, frilly, jilly.


  • Ask what sounds words begin and end with—What is the first sound you hear in the word "dog?" What is the last sound you hear in the word "dog?"

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