Phonological Awareness is the ability to play with the smaller sounds in words.  Rhyming words emphasize the same sound and encourage children to recognize language patterns.

Develop your child’s phonological awareness by:

• Saying a word slowly and then saying it fast repeatedly. Try simple words like "airplane" or "monkey" to start. Use flash cards or pictures to make the game more interesting.

• Singing songs with repeated phrases

• Sharing Mother Goose rhymes

• Sharing bouncing rhymes and fingerplays

• Reading books with rhyming text

Check out our Phonological Awareness Book List for picture books that will help your child build Phonological Awareness.