Description
The English language has 44 different phonemes, though some are definitely more common than others. Many of them are represented by a single letter, but some are created by combining two or three letters.
/ī/./ch/ /ĭ/ /m/ /p/.In other words, this resource is the final step before we have broken down language into individual letters. Once done with this resource, an Apprentice is ready to learn about the letters of the alphabet (in Level 2)!
This resource is definitively pre-reader. It can be used with Apprentices who have no clue about writing or recognizing letters yet. It’s all based on sound and feeling when you change the shape of your mouth to start a new phoneme. Of course, it’s not “bad” to already start playing with alphabet / letter shapes. And it certainly helps if someone can already recognize some of them, because you can expand the exercises to include actual reading/writing of the phonemes.
As usual, we recommend using our stories (which introduce language learning in a broader, more diverse context) and the digital quizzes (which can play sounds) to complement the teaching resource.
Full Phoneme Workout
It contains 30 “posters”. Each poster introduces a new phoneme and shows images of simple/common things that start/contain/end with this phoneme. At the bottom, it also contains simple exercises to test if you really understood this new phoneme.
We think these are great for hanging around the classroom, or the house, and for focusing on a single phoneme at a time! The price tag of this resource reflects just how much value is inside. This resource is all you need to teach phoneme awareness from start to finish.
It’s also why the resource is broken into 3 different PDF files to make it less overwhelming.
The first two PDFs contain the explainers and the posters. For example, it also explains the difference between voiced and unvoiced sounds, as it is necessary to understand that for the v/f and th/th phonemes. The /v/ and /f/ would be examples of sounds that are on the same poster as they’re so similar/related.
The third PDF contains phoneme exercises and activities. Because it’s one thing to just recognize the different phonemes in a word. It’s another to completely change words by purposely adding or deleting sounds.
This also encourages an intuitive Eureka moment in many children: the fact that different words are usually just one sound away from each other. (Say “delete CH from CHAIR” and they suddenly realize you get a new word “AIR”) This is a nice feeling that leads into the idea that all words might be constructed from the same tiny pieces … called the alphabet.
Finally, this resource uses our Pre-Reader Prompt Cards to play some fun little games concerning phonemes!
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Product Contents
- Explainer: Words are made out of small sound units called phonemes.
- Elkonin Box explainer and cut-out
- 15 Phoneme Posters (n, r, t, ĭ, ī, s, d, l, ē, ĕ, k, m, p, ă, ā)
- Explainer: SCHWA, the most common sound (+ special poster)
- 15 Phoneme Posters (z, w, b, ō, ŏ, h, ng, sh/zh/ch, ŭ, ū/oo, v/f, th/th, y/j, g, aw/oy/ow, er + debated phonemes)
- Explainer: VOICED versus UNVOICED
- Each poster has a mix of 4 possible exercises (count phonemes, does it have it, is it at the start/middle/end, what phoneme do all these words share)
- Exercise: Do They Share A Sound?
- Exercise: Which Sound Do They Share?
- Exercise: Count Phonemes (+ extra activity/ideas/ways to do so with pre-mathers)
- Exercise: Phoneme Manipulation; Add
- Exercise: Phoneme Manipulation; Remove
- Exercise: Phoneme Manipulation; Change
- Exercise: Phoneme Manipulation; Creative
- Activity/Game: Phoneme Slap
- Activity/Game: The Phoneme Guessing Game
- Pre-Reader Prompt Cards pack included for free
Fine Details
| Detail | Value |
| Age | 3 |
| Categories | phonemes |
| Language | en |
| Level | 1 |
| Subject | language |
| Textless | true |
Subject: Language
The curriculum is split into six main subjects that align with your typical school subjects.
This resource is part of the Language subject. Below is a summary:
This subject teaches the English language! From an Apprentice’s first utterances to being able to read any book and write their own stories.
Faction: Teachers
This resource is part of the Teachers Faction.
But that's just one way to teach and explore its topic(s)!
You can always move to a different Faction to find a more effective way to teach the same topic.
Played a quiz? Try a game! Played a game? Try an escape room! And so on.
For example,
Charm: Lesson Material
This product is part of the Lesson Material charm.
Visit its main page to learn more about what that means. Below is a summary:
Lesson Material refers to anything you can directly use in a classroom or when homeschooling. They are a guide for Guardians so they know what to do/teach, as well as the textbook or initial explanation of a skill/topic for Apprentices.
This charm represents the base product of our curriculum and the type of resource you’d use in a typical school setting.
Spell: Phoneme Awareness
This resource is part of the Phoneme Awareness topic (or "spell").
This step teaches Apprentices to cut syllables into their smallest parts: individual sounds called phonemes.
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