Rhyming🗣️🧏♂ For Phonemic Awareness - Rhyming For Kids.
How does Rhyming🗣️🧏♂ help phonemic🔤awareness?
Rhyming🗣️🧏♂ is the 1st step⬆ of phonemic🔤 awareness. Phonics🔤 help children👭 identify individual🅰🅱 sounds🗣, this goes hand-in-hand👐🏻 with rhyming🗣️🧏♂words.
Rhyming🗣️🧏♂ words are two or more words that have the same or similar sounds🗣, knowing how to sound out rhyming words will increase⬆ children’s phonemic🔤 awareness and they will be familiar with phonic🔤 sounds🗣. For example, the rhyming words ‘hat – mat’ can be practised individually: M – A – T🧣 and H- A- T🎩
What are the benefits👏🏻 of phonetics🔤?
• Individual🅰-🅱 sounds allow children👭 to make words.
• Phonics🔤 improves⬆ spelling✍🏻 ability👏🏻.
• Teaches children👭 how to pronounce🗣 new words.
• Improves⬆ pronunciation🗣 and reading📖.
• Improves⬆ listening👂🏻 skills.
When children👭 play with rhymes🗣️🧏♂, they listen🧏♂to the sounds🗣 of words and identify word parts. For example, the /at/ sound in the word mat🧣is the same /at/ sound in cat🐈, rat🐀, sat🪑, and hat👒.
How can children👭 learn phonics🅰-🅱?
1. Practise individual sounds of rhyming words🗣️🧏♂:
When children👭 say rhyming🗣️🧏♂ words, they can practise the individual sounds🗣 by saying them out loud🔊. This will help them be more aware🧐of how letters🅰🅱 should be sounded to say a word.
Practise saying the individual sounds for these rhyming words:
• Cat - /kAt/🗣🐈.
• Mat - /mAt/🗣🧣.
• Hat - /hAt/🗣👒.
2. Introduce vowel and their short sounds👏🏻:
Introducing👩🏻🏫 vowels and their short sounds will help children👭recognise🧐 letters and practise saying the sounds🗣.
3. Introduce👩🏻🏫 consonants and their short sounds👏🏻:
Introducing👩🏻🏫 consonant sounds will help children👭 recognise🧐 the letters and sounds for each letter.
4. Blend individual sounds to make words
Blending🔀sounds🗣 and putting them together to make words will increase⬆ children’s pronunciation🗣 and help expand their vocabulary👏🏻 as they learn new words.
Rhyming🗣️🧏♂ words help children recognise🧐 letters and make sounds, which improves phonemic🔤 awareness and ability💯.