FACEBOOK LIVE: WHAT IS PHONEMIC AWARENESS? #phonemicawareness #earlyliteracy #summerlearning

👂📚 **What Is Phonemic Awareness? | Smart Cookies Academy** 🍪✨

Did you know that before children learn to read words, they first need to hear and play with the sounds in words? That important early reading skill is called **phonemic awareness**.

In this Facebook Live, I explain what phonemic awareness means, why it matters, and how parents and caregivers can support this skill at home through fun, simple activities. Phonemic awareness helps children notice, hear, blend, segment, and play with sounds — which builds a strong foundation for reading success. 💛

As a retired special education teacher, children’s author, literacy advocate, and founder of Smart Cookies Academy, I believe early literacy should be joyful, engaging, and easy to practice in everyday moments.

🍪 **In this video, you’ll learn:**
👂 What phonemic awareness is
🔤 Why hearing sounds in words matters
👏 How rhyming, clapping, and sound games support reading
📚 How phonemic awareness prepares children for decoding words
🏡 Simple activities families can do at home
💛 Why early literacy skills build confidence

Phonemic awareness does not have to feel complicated. With songs, rhymes, silly word games, clapping syllables, and listening activities, children can build strong reading skills while having fun.

Let’s help our Smart Cookies listen, play with sounds, and grow into confident readers! 🍪📚✨

For more information about Smart Cookies Academy’s literacy resources and programs, email:
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