Support Struggling Readers with Phonemic Awareness
All educators know the importance of teaching children to read. It is a complicated task consisting of several different abilities. Much of a child’s future learning will depend upon achieving basic linguistic skills in the proper order, and with the necessary support when needed. For struggling readers, acquiring these skills, and receiving sensitive, well-informed scaffolding is even more important.
One of the foundational skills that should be taught with letter and word recognition is phonemic awareness. The Super Phonics and Phonemic Awareness programs from Essential Skills provide educators with a platform to blend the visual and auditory first steps that will eventually lead to a child with competent reading skills. Phonemic awareness is the ability to recognize and manipulate sounds. Children faltering in this area will have difficulty decoding words, but there are several ways to strengthen phonemic awareness.
