{"id":1040,"date":"2022-11-17T04:07:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T04:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advancedmoms.com\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2022-12-08T12:14:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T12:14:34","slug":"why-is-phonological-awareness-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advancedmoms.com\/why-is-phonological-awareness-important\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Phonological Awareness Important?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_direction=”90deg” background_color_gradient_stops=”#9282a6 20%|#f1b8bb 100%” background_color_gradient_start=”#9282a6″ background_color_gradient_start_position=”20%” background_color_gradient_end=”#f1b8bb” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Intro” _builder_version=”4.19.0″ background_layout=”dark” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

Why is Phonological Awareness Important?<\/span><\/h1>\n

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You’re probably wondering:<\/span><\/p>\n

Why is phonological awareness important?<\/span><\/p>\n

Phonological awareness is a critical skill for reading success. It includes hearing, identifying, and manipulating individual sounds in spoken words.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this post, we’ll explain why phonological awareness is so important and list some of the different skills that fall under this umbrella term.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/advancedmoms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/whyisphonologicalawarenessimportant.jpg” alt=”why is phonological awareness important featured image showing a girl sitting in the library and reading” title_text=”whyisphonologicalawarenessimportant” _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row module_id=”article” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#9EC999″ text_orientation=”center” background_layout=”dark” custom_padding=”10px||10px||true|false” hover_enabled=”0″ text_text_shadow_style=”preset2″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

What is phonological awareness?<\/span><\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font=”|600|||||||” header_3_text_color=”#9EC999″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

Phonological awareness is the ability to identify and work with the individual sounds in spoken words.<\/p>\n

It’s a critical building block for learning to read because it helps children understand that spoken words are made up of smaller sound units.<\/p>\n

Students who are not phonologically aware have difficulty learning to read and spell because they cannot break words down into these smaller units of sound.<\/p>\n

It begins developing before formal schooling starts and continues as your child progresses through school. Phonological awareness can be improved with practice.<\/p>\n

Phonological awareness is a crucial foundation for reading, writing, spelling, and listening.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#9282A6″ text_orientation=”center” background_layout=”dark” custom_padding=”10px||10px||true|false” hover_enabled=”0″ text_text_shadow_style=”preset2″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

Why phonological awareness is important<\/span><\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_blurb _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||fa||900″ icon_color=”#9282A6″ icon_placement=”left” content_max_width=”90%” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ custom_padding=”10px|5px|10px|5px|true|true”]

Phonological awareness is a critical building block for reading and writing.<\/p>\n

Children who cannot break words into separate sounds will have difficulty reading and spelling.<\/p>\n

Poor phonological awareness is often a precursor to reading and speech disabilities.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” sticky_enabled=”0″ use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||fa||900″ icon_color=”#9282A6″ icon_placement=”left” content_max_width=”90%” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ custom_padding=”10px|5px|10px|5px|true|true”]

Phonological awareness helps kids hear and segment words into separate sounds, an essential step in learning to read.<\/p>\n

By hearing the individual sounds in words (phonemes), children can combine those sounds into words (blending) and separate them (segmenting).<\/p>\n

Resulting in a better understanding of how these sounds work together to form words.<\/p>\n

This understanding is essential for being able to read fluently.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” sticky_enabled=”0″ use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||fa||900″ icon_color=”#9282A6″ icon_placement=”left” content_max_width=”90%” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ custom_padding=”10px|5px|10px|5px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″]

Phonological awareness is a precursor to decoding, a critical skill for beginning readers.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” sticky_enabled=”0″ use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||fa||900″ icon_color=”#9282A6″ icon_placement=”left” content_max_width=”90%” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ custom_padding=”10px|5px|10px|5px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″]

Furthermore, those with difficulty with spelling often have a weakness in phonological processing.<\/p>\n

This means they have trouble hearing and manipulating the smaller sounds within words. As a result, they may struggle to spell words correctly.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” sticky_enabled=”0″ use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||fa||900″ icon_color=”#9282A6″ icon_placement=”left” content_max_width=”90%” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ custom_padding=”10px|5px|10px|5px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″]

English uses an alphabetic writing system that uses sounds to represent letters, so phonological awareness is essential for learning to read and write.<\/p>\n

Without phonological awareness, students may be lost when trying to understand how English works.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#F1B8BB” text_orientation=”center” background_layout=”dark” custom_padding=”10px||10px||true|false” hover_enabled=”0″ text_text_shadow_style=”preset2″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

What are the skills that make up phonological awareness?<\/span><\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font=”|600|||||||” header_3_text_color=”#F1B8BB” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

Syllable awareness<\/h3>\n

Syllable awareness is the ability to break a word down into its individual syllables.<\/p>\n

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Rhyme awareness<\/h3>\n

Rhyme awareness is the ability to identify words that share the same ending sound. This includes being able to generate words that rhyme with a given word. For example, if presented with the word “cat,” a child who has rhyme awareness would be able to list words such as “bat,” “hat,” and “rat.”<\/p>\n

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Alliteration<\/h3>\n

Alliteration is the repetition of initial sounds in words. For example, “Sally sells seashells by the seashore.”<\/p>\n

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Onset-Rime segmentation<\/h3>\n

Onset-Rime segmentation is breaking down a word into its onset (consonant sound before the vowel) and rime (the string of sounds, including the vowel to the end of the word). This is a crucial skill for beginning readers.<\/p>\n

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Phonemic awareness<\/h3>\n

Phonemic awareness is a subcategory of phonological awareness. It’s the ability to focus on and manipulate individual phonemes in spoken words.<\/p>\n

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Initial and final sound segmentation<\/h3>\n

Initial sound segmentation is the ability to hear and identify the first sound in a word. In contrast, final sound segmentation is the ability to identify and produce the last sound in a word.<\/p>\n

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Blending<\/h3>\n

A crucial phonological awareness skill is blending sounds into words. When children blend, they can take separate sounds and put them together to make a word.<\/p>\n

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Deleting and segmenting<\/h3>\n

Segmenting words into sounds is the ability to hear and manipulate the individual sounds, or phonemes, that make up a word.
This phonological awareness skill involves identifying the sounds in words and then deleting or swapping those sounds to make new words.<\/p>\n

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Developing your child’s phonological awareness skills is crucial<\/span><\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font=”|600|||||||” header_3_text_color=”#9EC999″ hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

You can play several activities and games at home to help your child with phonological awareness. And, as always, be sure to consult with your child’s doctor or a speech-language pathologist if you have any concerns.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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