Phonemic+Awareness+Activities

=Phonemic Awareness Activities=

Phonemic awareness is essentially the recognition that our language is made up of unique sounds. A phoneme is the smallest phonetic unit in a language capable of conveying distinction in meaning. For example /c/ and /t/ are different phonemes because they cannot be used interchangeably, ie., can and tan are two different words. There are approximately 40 to 45 phonemes in the English language.

Phonemic awareness is a critical pre-reading skill.

Phonemic awareness is not phonics and does not involve the introduction of letters. Phonemic awareness activities are purely oral.

Rhyming games are excellent means of improving this skill. Read a familiar rhyming poem and emphasize the rhyming words...once you may shout them and another time whisper them. Read the rhyme, stopping at the rhyming word for your child to shout it out. This only takes a few moments but children quickly begin listening for rhymes in their favorite poems. Also try extending the rhymes with your own:

Jack and Jill Went up the hill Jill, hill, what rhymes with hill? Spill, mill, fill, Bill, will....

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- This website helps to sort out the vocabulary

=== Songs That Build Phonological Awareness (Including Phonemic Awareness) ===

**[|Phonemic Activities for the Preschool Classroom]**
This article by: Marilyn J. Adams, Barbara Foorman, Ingvar Lundberg, and Terri Beeler (2004) is from Reading Rockets. This article features the several activities to develop phonemic awareness activities. The activities originally appeared in the book //Phonemic Awareness in Young Children: A Classroom Curriculum.//

[|A Rhyme a Week: Nursery Rhymes for Early Literacy] Lesson plans, printable activites, illustrated rhymes, picture cards, nursery rhymes
 * Nursery Rhymes** are a great resource. Check out these links for ideas for incorporating nursery rhymes in your classroom.

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[|**The Games Children Play**]- this article contains great ideas for games incorporating Phonemic Awareness to use in the classroom and ideas to include in a newsletter for parents. [|Strategies for Teaching Phonemic Awareness] This site offers ideas for activities that you can use in your classroom. [|Picture Cards] - You could use these cards as you work with small groups on phonemic awareness skills.