Phonological awareness activities

Grab these free printable phonological awareness resources to develop important pre-reading skills in a fun, hands-on way!

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

Rhyming, syllables, segmenting, blending, and more.

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.

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

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...

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

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

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

The ability to count syllables is an important part of phonological awareness, which is a pre-reading skill. And these FREE Syllable Counting Cards {download at the END of this post} are a great way to make counting syllables visible to kids. These are different than our syllable clip cards, as they get kids using manipulatives to ... Read More about FREE Syllable Counting Cards