Phonemic awareness includes six key parts. These are manipulating phonemes, phoneme matching, onset and rime, blending phonemes, sequencing phonemes, and segmenting phonemes. You can see our previous post about What is phonemic awareness? to learn more. This can be developed in many ways. It is a developmental process, and moving to a level too soon…
What is phonemic awareness?
Phonological awareness is the knowledge of sounds within language. You can read more about its importance and the start of helping your child develop these abilities in our introduction to phonological awareness and our Learning Language Series. This can be hard work! It’s best to make this a short, yet playful and uplifting time! You…
Why is rhyming an important skill? {free printable: 18 nursery rhymes}
Rhyming is a core element in developing phonemic awareness for a child. And it is a fun way for a child to recognize sounds and patterns within words. Children who can hear and repeat rhymes learn that words are made of separate sounds. Their knowledge will developmentally increase and they will learn that sounds are…
5 important ways to teach language to your child
Reading and speaking to our children, from a very young age, will help develop future readers! Here is a list of five ways we can teach language to our children. They are easy, quick, and fun for both parent and child. I encourage you to begin setting aside time to read with your child today! Learning language doesn’t begins…
How to Teach Vowel Sounds
Teaching vowel sounds using fun hand motions When I began teaching kindergarten, I discovered that children can have a very difficult time distinguishing between their vowel sounds. This is to be expected! Consonants are much easier to teach and learn. A “Ss” sound and a “Mm” sound are both very different in their sound and…
First Phonics Readers {Books 7 – 10}
The First Phonics Readers were designed to build my son’s confidence as he was first learning to combine letter sounds. It seems that all too often, the (wonderful) phonics readers out there jump into three-letter-word sentences. I wanted to create a set of books that he could be successful reading! What are the First Phonics Readers?…
First Phonics Readers {Book 6}
Our First Phonics Reader: Book 6 is ready for you and your child to read together! Our little books readers are perfect for developing early reading skills. I created our Phonics Readers so you could easily introduce the alphabet and begin to sound out words with your child. What are the First Phonics Readers? The First Phonics Readers will not overwhelm…
First Phonics Readers {Book 5}
I am happy to bring you our First Phonics Reader: Book 5 today. These small, developmental readers are perfect for developing early reading skills. They will not overwhelm your child, as there is little text and a sweet picture on each page. My hope is that these first phonics readers will give your child the confidence to begin…
First Phonics Readers {Book 4}
Here is our First Phonics Readers: Book 4! Our little readers are just right for developing early reading skills, without overwhelming little minds. Give your child the confidence and tools they need to begin enjoying reading with our adorable little readers! Why use beginning phonics? Our little books are the perfect First Phonics Reader for either preschool or…
First Phonics Readers {Book 3}
I’m excited to share the third book in our First Phonics Readers set with you today! These little books are perfect for developing readers, either in preschool or kindergarten, ages 3 to 6. Every child learns at a different pace, so it’s important to not push reading before the child is ready, able, and eager to…
Creating short vowel words with Montessori alphabet
See how we use the Montessori moveable alphabet and Montessori alphabet objects to create beginning words! We are creating lots of three letter words with short vowels these days, includes a video so you can do it with your children, or student, at home or school! My son has been sounding out words everywhere he…
First Phonics Readers {Book 2}
Today I am sharing First Phonics Readers {Book 2}! These printable little books are perfect for developing readers. Each page features one word, or partial word, with a vibrant image. They each introduce only 3 or 4 letter sounds at a time, so beginning readers don’t get overwhelmed. How to teach my child to read? The…
