Early Elementary Phonological Awareness

Instructor: Vanessa

What makes this a strong model?

• Explicit, research-based instruction that defines phonological awareness as a continuum and reinforces that this work takes place at the listening level, strengthening oral—not print-based—skills

  • Sentences—largest units of language

  • Words

  • Syllables

  • Phonemes (individual sounds)—smallest unit of language

• Multi-sensory practices that utilize physical strategies like clapping, raising fingers, or feeling jaw movements to build awareness of articulation and make abstract concepts more concrete

• Supporting receptive and expressive oral language through listening and repeating, helping children notice, practice, and produce the structures of spoken language

Source: Neuhaus Education Center