The Power of Phonological Awareness

6/10/2025

Can your child clap out the beats in a word or hear the first sound in “banana”?
This is the third video in our Reading Readiness Series, and it highlights a key early literacy skill: phonological awareness.
Before children can read words, they need to hear and play with the sounds in them. Activities like rhyming, clapping out syllables, and noticing beginning or ending sounds might seem simple—but they’re powerful. These fun, sound-based games help build the brain pathways needed for decoding words later on.
Play a sound game today—it’s building reading skills in disguise.

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Yolande Robinson, M.Ed.

Yolande Robinson is the owner of Learn and Lead Educational Center. Yolande believes in the power of educating, inspiring and empowering individuals to reach their potential personally, in their families and in their careers.

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