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Christian Nursery Rhymes

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I am so excited to share these Christian Nursery Rhymes with you!  Please feel free to use this book with your own children and for gift giving purposes only (not to sell or to make a profit).  Please read the copyright & terms of use on the first page before you use it.  Thank you! You may download my Christian…
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Why Nursery Rhymes are Important

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Let’s talk about the importance of nursery rhymes today! This is the last post in my 7-day series, 3 Important Skills Needed for Reading. {There are also a lot of free online resources available in each post!} I’ve spent all week in phonological/phonemic awareness “land.” Today, I want to wrap a big bow on all of it. Rhyming, syllables, and…
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Playing with Sounds in Words- Part 3 {Phoneme Segmentation}

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Welcome back to our 7-day reading series called 3 Important Skills Needed for Reading. Today, we’re going to camp on phoneme segmentation. If you’ve missed Part 1 and Part 2 of phonemes, I highly recommend going back and reading those first for background, as these skills build on one another. Phoneme Segmentation There are many ways to work on phonemic segmentation,…
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Playing with Sounds in Words- Part 2 {Phoneme Blending}

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Today, we’re going to zero in on phoneme blending. This is the next post in the series, 3 Important Skills Needed for Reading. But first, if you missed yesterday’s post on Phoneme Isolation, I highly recommend you go back and read it before reading this one. It gives more background to what a phoneme is and where to start with phonemes….
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Playing with Sounds in Words- Part 1 {Phoneme Isolation}

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It’s time to talk about phoneme isolation! Yay! This is the third post in the series, 3 Important Skills Kids Need for Reading.  *This post contains affiliate links. What is a Phoneme? The smallest unit of sound in the spoken language is a phoneme. A phoneme can be created by one letter, such as b: /b/ or more than one…
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