IMAGINE THAT! Hello Weather Week 12

FOUNDATIONS OF LEARNING

Phonemic Awareness: The small units of speech that correspond to letters of an alphabetic writing system are called phonemes. Thus, the awareness that language is composed of these small sounds is termed phonemic awareness. Phonemic awareness is crucial in laying the groundwork for learning to read and write. In “All the Day Long”, the children are led to concentrate on a specific phoneme and to discover how it sounds and feels when spoken in isolation. Looking in the mirror supports their understanding of the articulation of these sounds.

Communication: Music is another abstract system of communication. By combining pretend play and movement with music, you are strengthening the power of that communication.