16/01/2023
These skills are essential to learning to read and write.
Sound awareness or “phonological awareness” is the understanding that words can be broken down into syllables and individual sounds.
Rhyme discrimination and rhyme production are early sound awareness skills. Rhyming books are a great tool to promote sound awareness.
You can point out the words that rhyme by saying
“Listen, ‘room’ and ‘broom’, those two words rhyme. They sound the same at the middle and end - room and broom!”
Next encourage your child to find another rhyming word or come up with one of their own!