Phonological Awareness Skills for Educators Course 1

About this course

Welcome to Course 1 of the Pre-Jolly Phonics Core Skills for Literacy Success!This course lays the essential foundation for reading by developing children’s listening skills, sound awareness, rhyming, alliteration, sentence segmentation, and syllable recognition.Designed for early years’ educators, teachers, and parents, this engaging and practical course equips you with the tools and confidence to prepare children aged 3 and above for successful phonics instruction.Through songs, rhymes, chants, games, visuals, and hands-on activities, you will learn how to spark children’s awareness of the sounds in the English language. This is first and most critical step in literacy development.What you'll learn· Introduction to Phonological and Phonemic Awareness.· Understand the key components of phonological awareness and why they are crucial for successful literacy development.· Teach listening and sound discrimination skills through play-based methods. Training children’s ears to notice sounds around them.· Rhyming: Helping children hear and enjoy words that end with the same sound.· Alliteration: Focusing on words that begin with the same sound.· Sentence Segmentation: Breaking sentences into individual words.· Syllables: Breaking words into sound parts or beats.· Deliver fun, multisensory activities that build strong pre-reading foundations.· Assessment and Progress Monitoring: Observing how well children are developing these skills and using playful assessments to guide next steps.· Link to Phonics: Showing how each of these early sound skills prepares children for success in phonics and reading instruction.· Teaching Diverse Learners: Adapting strategies to support learners of different needs, backgrounds, and learning styles