Phonemic Awareness

Is Defined As The

Ability To Identify,

Hear, And Work

With The Smallest

Units Of Sound

Known As

Phonemes.

It Is NOT The

Same As

Phonological

Awareness,

Instead, It Is A

Sub-category

Of

Phonological

Awareness.

For Example, Phonemic

Awareness Is Narrow, And

Deals Only With Phonemes

And Manipulating The

Individual Sounds Of

Words - Such As /C/, /A/,

And /T/ Are The

Individual Sounds That

Make Up To Form The

Word "Cat".

Phonological Awareness On The Other Hand,

Includes The Phonemic Awareness Ability,

And It Also Includes The Ability To Hear,

Identify, And Manipulate Larger Units Of

Sound Such As Rimes And Onsets.

Phonemic Awareness Can Be Taught Very

Early On, And Will Play A Critical Role In

Helping Children Learn To Read And Spell.

While It's Not Set In Stone On When A Child

Can Learn To Read, However, I Do Believe

That A Child That Can Speak Is A Child That

Can Learn To Read.

Children As Young As Two Years Old Can

Learn To Read By Developing Phonemic

Awareness, And They Can Learn To Read

Fluently. Please See A Video Of A 2 Year

Old (2yr11months) Reading Below.

Below Are Several Of The Most

Common Phonemic Awareness

Skills That Are Often Practiced

With Students And Young

Children:

Phonemic Identity

- Being Able To

Recognize

Common Sounds

In Different Words

Such As /P/ Is

The Common

Sound For "Pat",

"Pick", And "Play".

Phonemic Isolation -

Being Able To

Recognize The

Individual Sounds Of

Words Such As /C/ Is

The Beginning Sound

Of "Cat" And /T/ Is

The Ending Sound Of

"Cat".

Phoneme Substitution

- Being Able To

Change One Word To

Another By

Substituting One

Phoneme. For

Example Changing

The /T/ In "Cat" To

/P/ Now Makes "Cap".

Word Segmenting -

The Parent Says

The Word "Lap",

And The Child

Says The

Individual Sounds:

/L/, /A/, And /P/.

Oral blending - the

parent says the

individual sounds

such as /r/, /e/,

and /d/, and the

child forms the

word from the

sounds to say "red".

Studies Have

Found That

Phonemic

Awareness Is The

Best Predictor Of

Reading Success

In Young

Children.

Research Has Also Found That Children

With A High Level Of Phonemic Awareness

Progress With High Reading And Spelling

Achievements; However, Some Children

With Low Phonemic Awareness Experience

Difficulties In Learning To Read And Spell.

Therefore, It Is

Important For

Parents To Help

Their Young

Children Develop

Good Phonemic

Awareness.

Being Able To Oral Blend And Segment

Words Helps Children To Read And Spell.

According To The National Reading Panel,

Oral Blending Helps Children Develop

Reading Skills Where Printed Letters Are

Turned Into Sounds Which Combine To

Form Words.

Additionally, Word

Segmenting Helps

Children Breakdown

Words Into Their

Individual Sounds

(Phonemes), And

Helps Children Learn

To Spell Unfamiliar

Words.

As A Young Child Begins To Develop And

Master Phonemic Awareness Skills, They

Will Discover An Entirely New World In

Print And Reading. You Will Open Up

Their World To A Whole New Dimension

Of Fun And Silliness.

They Will Be Able To Read Books That They

Enjoy, Develop A Better Understanding Of

The World Around Them Through Printed

Materials, And Have A Whole Lot Of Fun By

Making Up New Nonsense Words Through

Phonemic Substitutions.

For Example, We Taught Our Daughter To

Read At A Young Age - When She Was A

Little Over 2 And A Half Years Old. Before

She Turned Three, She Would Run Around

The House Saying All Types Of Silly Words

Using Phonemic Substitution. One Of Her

Favorite Was Substituting The Letter Sound

/D/ In "Daddy" With The Letter Sound /N/.

So, She Would Run Around Me In Circles And

Repeatedly Say "Nanny, Nanny, Come Do This"

Or "Nanny, Nanny, Come Play With Me" Etc...

Of Course, She Only Did This When She

Wanted To Be Silly And To Make Me Laugh, At

Other Times, She Would Of Course Properly

Refer To Me As "Daddy", And Not "Nanny".

She Is Well Aware Of The Differences

Between These Words And Is Fully

Capable Of Using Phonemic Substitution

To Change Any Of The Letters In The

Words To Make Other Words.

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