Marching to the Phonological Awareness Beat

August 05, 2010

Phonological Awareness is one of the most difficult skills for children to master.  It is the ability to break words into smaller pieces and to be able to play with those individual sounds.  It is also being able to understand how those sounds work together.

The book Tanka Tanka Skunk!, written by Steve Webb, is a wonderful book to use to reinforce the phonological awareness skill.  It uses rhythm and clapping (or stomping) to get kids used to breaking bigger words into smaller parts (syllables).  Children will quickly learn that our language has a unique “beat” to it. 

Join me for Storytime every Thursday morning at 10:00 to learn more tips on how to work with your children so they’ll be ready to read!  We’ll cover the Phonological Awareness skill again during Storytime on August 12th and September 23rd.

-Debbie A.