Phonemic awareness

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Phonemic awareness
By sharon

Dana,
I am a firm believer of teaching phonics and phonemic awareness from the early stages of reading readiness. It is essential that children understand phonetics to be good readers. I, too, am a kindergarten teacher. I find it very easy to integrate letter/sound awareness across the curriculum...take any letter, find a story or choose a theme/season that fits that letter, and choose an activity that begins with that sound for art, math, language arts, food, social studies, science, and large motor/body management. I do this with all the letter sounds, going through the alphabet in order. Use all possible sensory experiences for each activity. Hope this helps. If you have questions, you can email me. sharon