Course Overview:
This comprehensive course provides parents, teachers, and caregivers with essential tools to support children's early literacy development. Combining foundational and advanced phonological awareness skills into one practical program, we focus on sound recognition, word structure, and comprehension - building a complete base for reading and writing success.
What You'll Learn:
Foundational Skills Section:
- Sound Awareness: Teach children to identify and distinguish sounds within words
- Rhyming Awareness: Develop recognition of rhyming patterns
- Alliteration: Introduce sound repetition at word beginnings
- Word & Sentence Awareness: Help children recognize words as separate units
Advanced Skills Section:
- Compound Words: Understand how words combine to create new meanings
- Syllable Segmentation: Practice counting and breaking words into syllables
- Accented/Unaccented Syllables: Master pronunciation through stress patterns
- Onsets & Rimes: Build understanding of word families for spelling and fluency
What You'll Get for Each of the 8 Skills:
- Clear Explanation of why the skill matters
- One Targeted Activity to practice each skill
- Real-World Examples of how it applies to reading
Exactly What's Included:
- 8 Skill Introduction Lessons
- 8 Ready-to-Use Activities (1 per skill)
