Phonics is a cruel and incredibly valuable skill for our young learners to begin understanding reading by hearing sounds, sound patterns, letter recognition, and so much more. Children often begin learning phonics by sounding out letters and learning which letter represents that sound to that letter, like A, is for apples. Children ages 2- 4 also learn from the world around them before entering formal education.
As defined, reading using phonics is often called decoding words, sounding out words, or using print-to-sound relationships. Phonemic awareness is a subset of phonological awareness in which listeners can hear, identify, and manipulate phonemes, the minor mental units of sound that help differentiate meaning units. (Wiki)
Phonological and phonemic awareness are essential pre-reading skills related to hearing, identifying, and playing with the sounds in spoken language.
Bridge Phonics to Reading
Learning how to build words and blend sounds is a complex task, like how to paint. There are art forms and techniques to understand how color and canvas work together. Learning is a similar process to phonemic awareness. Once children experience this understanding, they begin to feel confident in leaping reading.
Our reading tutors pair fun phonemic awareness activities to your child’s skill level because they understand every child learns differently. When your child understands the relationship between the sounds of words, the next step — reading — becomes a real adventure.
Explore our phonemic awareness.
Our reading tutors use phonemic awareness activities, personal instruction, and fun motivation to get our young learners excited to read:
- Understand the sounds associated with consonants and vowel letters of the alphabet.
- Learning how to build words by blending sounds
- Recognizing how new words are formed with different phonics patterns.
When it comes to phonemic awareness, “waiting it out” creates possible learning gaps!
First Grade Phonemic Awareness Program
Our program starts with Pre-K5 and Kindergarten
1st-grade reading tutoring lays the bricks for your child’s next reading level. They learn the following at a first-grade level:
- Letter recognition
- Consonants (B, C, D, F, etc.)
- Vowels Sound (A, E, I, O, U, and Y)
- Digraphs (OA like in a boat)
- Diphthongs (OY in like in the toy)
- Blends (SL like in slip)
Phonemic Awareness for any Grade Level
Our team assesses the student level and starts the journey from fundamental to closing any potential gaps in phonics understanding to ensuring your child is excited and ready to read.