Phonological awareness being able to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words.
- Sing rhyming songs such as "The Itsy Bitsy Spider."
- Say nursery rhymes together so that your child hears words that rhyme.
- Ask your older child whether two words rhyme together like "cat" and "hat."
- Play word games such as, "What sounds like 'ran'?"
Books
- Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
- Ook the Book and Other Silly Rhymes by Lissa Rovetch
- Baby Bear Baby Bear, What do You See? by Bill Martin Jr
- Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravett
- Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss
