Phonemic Awareness in Action: How Readability Transforms Literacy
Phonemic awareness is the foundation of learning to read. It refers to a child’s ability to recognize, hear, and manipulate the smallest units of sound in spoken language, called phonemes. These individual sounds are what make up words—for example, the word cat contains three phonemes: /c/ /a/ /t/. The ability to isolate, blend, and play … Read more