Instructional Routines
Inspired by the National Association for the Education of Young Children1
Explore explicit and systematic instructional routines that guide emergent readers to recognize, think about, and manipulate the individual sounds that make up spoken words. These easy-to-implement routines help establish a fundamental foundation for decoding and encoding written language.
Beginning, Medial, & Ending Sound Isolation
Assist readers in isolating and identifying the initial, medial, and ending sound in spoken words.
Rhyming Practice
Guide readers in recognizing when two words rhyme.
Phoneme Blending & Segmentation
Using printable sound boxes, readers will practice blending individual phonemes together to form words and breaking words into individual sounds.
Elkonin (Sound) Boxes
Tools to build phonemic awareness skills.
1. Referenced from "2010 NAEYC Standards for Initial & Advanced Early Childhood Professional Preparation Programs." National Association for the Education of Young Children, https://www.naeyc.org/sites/default/files/globally-shared/downloads/PDFs/our-work/higher-ed/NAEYC-Professional-Preparation-Standards.pdf.
