Mrs. Holmgren’s Kindergarten

Phonemic Awareness Activities

 

Parent thinks of a one syllable word (you).  Parent chants “Let’s make a rhyme for ‘you.’  Child answers: ‘stew.’  More examples:                                                                        two-blue                                                                           tea-bee                                                                                 pot-hot

Parent gives child three words.  Two of the words rhyme.  Child finds word that does not belong.                                                               For Example: “rat, men, hat”

Parent says three words with the same middle vowel sound.  Parent: “Teeth, cheek, deep.  What sound do you hear in the middle?”                                                                         Child: “ee”

Examples: hop, mom, pot    hill, tick, sip    man, bat, sand   tuck, tub, run

Parent says, “Starts with ‘l’, add ‘unch.’  What’s the word?”  Child: “lunch”

Parent: “Starts with ‘s’, and add ‘andwich.’ What’s the word?”                                                                             Child: “sandwich”

Rhyme Hunt

Initial Sounds

Middle Sounds

What Does Not Belong

Here are some activities for you to do with your child to increase their phonemic awareness.  Phonemic Awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate phonemes, the smallest units of sound that can differentiate meaning. Separating the spoken word "cat" into three distinct phonemes, /k/, /æ/, and /t/, requires phonemic awareness skill.