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Why is Phonological Awareness so Important?

by Anne Wahlgren 9 Comments

Why is Phonological Awareness so Important?

In the last few years, it’s become really clear that phonological awareness skills are important for reading success. But if you’re anything like me, you didn’t learn about it in your teacher preparation classes. The importance of phonological awareness really hit home for me in the fall when my daughter was diagnosed with dyslexia and dysgraphia. She could read okay, but she could not spell simple words like “fix” as a 2nd grader. When the neuropsychologist presented the results, we found my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Early Literacy, Reading, Tips for Teachers Tagged With: phonological awareness

7 Early Literacy Games You Can Play Anywhere

by Angela Thayer 4 Comments

My kids love games! A lot of times when we are out and about or even at home, I make up games to sneak in some extra time to work on early literacy skills. Early literacy skills refers to what children know about reading and writing before they learn to read or write. Today I'm sharing 7 games we play that promote early literacy skills. The games I'm sharing here focus on letter knowledge and phonological awareness. 1. Rhyme Machine My oldest (who is 5) is super into rhyming these days. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Games, Preschool, Reading Tagged With: early literacy, phonological awareness

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