Phonological awareness activities

These hands-on, playful, and engaging phonological awareness activities for preschoolers will get them reading ready!

This post is long overdue! It's been brewing for a while. :) Phonemic awareness is a huge part of my kindergarten curriculum. I wanted to s...

When it comes to teaching reading and spelling, there are three terms that are used often: phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and phonics. But what do they mean? How are they the same? How are they different? Do I really need to know the difference? How do you teach each one? Such great questions! Let’s explore ... Read More about Phonological Awareness, Phonemic Awareness, & Phonics

Have you ever heard the term phonemic awareness and wondered what it is? I get a lot of emails from parents who are ready to teach their child how to

FREE printable sorting activity for preschool and kindergarten kids to sort syllables with a fun popcorn theme! This is a great literacy activity to develop phonemic or phonological awareness. Clap and count the syllables in each popcorn kernel and sort it with the correct popcorn box.

How to teach phonological awareness skills in your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom. Hands-on activities to make learning fun.

Animal breakfast is a fun phonemic awareness activity that allows children to merge pretend play with phonemic awareness practice and matching beginning sounds!

Beginning phonemic awareness activities using items you already have in your classroom! Using blending and segmenting sounds in words.

Phonological and Phonemic Awareness, what kids can do, what parents do,

Hello! I’m back with another blog post about one of my favorite topics. I’ve blogged about phonemic awareness a few times already, but it’s such an important topic that we’re going for it again! Phonemic awareness is a crucial first step in learning to read, and in this post, we’ll explore what it is, why ... Read More about All about Phonemic Awareness