How to Teach Phonemic Awareness (Sounds) | Learn to Teach a Child to Read *Course LESSON 2

Welcome to the second class in this course where you learn to teach children how to read! Today's focus is exactly WHAT ACTIVITIES help children improve their Phonemic Awareness. I give real life examples for each activity.
Notes: bit.ly/3GWPRN1
More practice on counting how many sounds are in a word (for adults):
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Note: At 4:50 I would have corrected some children over-saying sounds [puh for /p/], but the activity was about something else, and I wanted them to stay focused.

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Hey! Was this video helpful? (Was it too fast?)Check out the notes -- but don't worry about memorizing them. By the end of class we will have a written plan on teaching all of these!

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Akeeba, I’m an audiologist and I saw that you mentioned APD. I have someone I would love for you to speak to about this if you’re interested.

[@Just_Jen.]

So my 11 year old is still struggling with phonemic awareness. He’s ADHD and doesn’t spell well. When he hears the sound “dr” as in “drum” he spells it with a “j”. And when corrected his favorite phrase is “that makes no sense.” He isn’t writing at all and we had to repeat “4th grade” (homeschooling) work due to the pandemic. His younger siblings (3 and 7) are now learning and seem to be surpassing him which is discouraging. What would you suggest?

[@AkeebaMaze]

Hi, No worries, that's very common. My oldest did/does that too - /dr/ and /j/ sound similar. He needs to spend a lot of time in the mirror watching his mouth movements. Show and tell him that the /j/ sound is made with the tongue at the roof of the mouth only. Say it very slowly a few times. But with /dr/ you poke your lips out like a kiss. If you are saying /j/ correctly, and touch your neck/voice box/throat, you feel nothing. When you say /dr/ you'll feel a slight movement. In terms of the writing - why isn't he writing? Does he not want to or he hasn't had to do much writing? Can he write letters?

[@Just_Jen.]

@@AkeebaMaze That makes sense! I will have him do that. As far as writing, he was in public school until the lockdowns and his teachers were very discouraging. He struggles tremendously with correct spelling and and gets frustrated when asked to write a paragraph. He just refuses now and it’s be come a “choose your battles, he’ll get it soon enough” kind of thing.

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Hello here ! Love the videos. Do you have any tips on teaching or helping your Toddlers to learn to talk. Would love to see a video on that.

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I just found your channel. I am a former early childhood teacher myself and I am so thankful for your videos. I haven't been in the classroom for over 10 years and have forgotten some of these things. I'm looking to get a good scope and sequence for phonemic awareness activities. Do you happen to have one?

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[@Hhu96]

Hello! When would you recommend introducing phonemes? My little one is two years old and is currently learning letter recognition, what would come next? I’m new to this and really want to homeschool my babies. Love your channel! ❤️

[@renewyourself4207]

Starting with my 5 yr old mainly, tho my 2& 3 yr old sometimes sit still enough to follow. She's enjoying it, what are some signs to know I can move on from the phonemic awareness stage. Thanks a million

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Preschool Prep has a great phonics song on KZbin teaching more than one sound that letters make.

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Thank u for helping me as a early years teacher. I'm more confident in teaching phonemic awareness and reading skills to my students

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Do you teach online tutoring/ remediation? Would you consider?

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What would you do for kiddos that think they already know how to read?

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Can you please share the name of the program?

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Have you also tried raz-plus or raz kids? Or do you just use reading A-Z?

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I use all of the above!

[@nysigeorge379]

Hi I have a 10 year old with Dyslexia and I believe we caught it late. Do you recommend starting this process now or is it too late? Also how would you recommend doing this with them feeling like “it’s for babies”? Those are her words. When I try and go back to basics she always says “I already know this”. Also I have another child in 1st who learning the same so she notices that as well and gets upset about it.

[@AkeebaMaze]

It’s not too late, but it’s difficult because of the reasons you stated. I’ll address this in the next video.

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When would you recommend starting advance phonics

[@AkeebaMaze]

When the child is ready, usually between 4 - 7.

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I wonder if Lil' Phyllis Meets Her Book Fair Fairy is a good book for young readers?

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Is this also help with kids on the autism spectrum?

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Hi my daughter is 9 she is struggling with blending words can you give me some tips please the tutor is saying to skip it because she broke down when it time to do it

[@AkeebaMaze]

tomorrow I will address your question on video!

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Hi there I have a 5th and 4th grader who are struggling to read and are at a first grade reading level. Will I be able to use this program to help them with reading or is it already too late for them to catch up? Thank you.

[@AkeebaMaze]

Hi, it's not too late. You can start at any time, start with the basics, you can probably get them to a 3rd grade level within 6 months with consistent practice. Please keep watch the lessons, at the end we will make a plan together.

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should a child know letter sound before phonemic awareness

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