Recognising sound in words

Recognising sound in words


Phonemic awareness is to identify the separate sounds in spoken words.

For example,
To find the similar beginning sounds and similar ending sounds in a nursery rhyme.
Take the popular rhyme -

Mary, Mary quite contrary. 
How does your garden grow? 
With silver bells and cockle shells
And pretty maids all in a row.


How to develop phonemic awareness ability?
By using songs and rhymes
By playing games and puzzles
By practising and recognising the sounds in words



How to identify these sounds when reading?
In order to read, your child needs to identify the sounds in a word.
For example, what's the beginning sound in the word dog, the middle sound and the ending sound?
In other words, to identify the separate sounds in a word.


For many children, practising the ability to recognise sounds in words can make a big difference in how fast they learn to read.


How to practise phonemic awareness?
Doing things your child love to do such as singing and listening to songs.

Example, songs that use words with same middle and ending sounds but different beginning sounds.
Words like corn and horn.

Example, songs that have same beginning sounds but different ending sounds.
Words with "b" sounds in Little Boy Blue and "m" sounds in Little Miss Muffet.