Phonemic Awareness
What is phonemic awareness? The ability to recognize and manipulate individual sounds within a spoken word
New to phonemic awareness? Start with our step-by-step skill explainers: phoneme identification, segmentation and blending, and manipulation.
Looking for teaching materials? Explore all our phonemic awareness resources below.
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