| Phonological awareness: What sounds your child can recognize at different ages | 720.000000000000 | Phonological awareness: What sounds your child can recognize at different ages | Phonological awareness: What sounds your child can recognize at different ages | P | English | Developmental | Preschooler (2-4 years);School age child (5-8 years) | NA | NA | Healthy living and prevention | Caregivers
Adult (19+) | NA | | 2009-10-31T04:00:00Z | | | | | | 6.70000000000000 | 70.7000000000000 | 397.000000000000 | | Flat Content | Health A-Z | <p>Learn what sounds your child can recognize between the ages of three and eight.</p> | | | <h2>Key points</h2><ul><li>Phonological awareness is the ability to recognize the sounds of each part of a word. </li><li>Different sounds can include syllables, words that rhyme and individual sounds or phonemes.</li></ul> | <p>By four years of age, about half of all children can indicate or recognize the syllables of a word. A syllable is a unit of spoken language made up of a continuous sound, for example,
<em>run</em> has one syllable and
<em>pocket</em> has two syllables. Four-year-olds are also able to determine which words rhyme.</p><p>By six years, many children can break words down into individual sounds or phonemes. Phonemes are the most basic units of speech sound that differentiate a word. The /m/ in
<em>mat</em> and the /b/ in
<em>bat</em> are phonemes. Children at this age are also able to determine whether pairs of words start or end with the same sound.</p><p>By seven years, most children can break words up by syllable and phoneme. </p><p>In general, children between the ages of three and eight will develop the following specific phonological sub-skills:</p><ul><li>recognize that sentences are made up of words</li><li>recognize whether the sounds of words are the same or different. For example, the child understands that
<em>bat</em> and
<em></em><em>man,</em><em>bat</em><em></em> and
<em>ball</em>, and
<em>cat</em> and
<em>bat</em> are different.</li><li>recognize rhymes such as
<em>ball</em> and
<em>wall</em></li><li>generate rhymes </li><li>isolate the first sound in a word; recognize that words begin with the same sound, for example,
<em>ball</em> starts with “b,”
<em>bat</em> also starts with “b”</li><li>isolate final sounds in words; recognize that words have the same final sound, for example, <em>plant</em> ends in “t”;
<em>mat</em> and
<em>cat</em> also end in “t”</li><li>recognize different medial sounds, for example, the middle sound in
<em>bat</em> is “a”; the middle sound in
<em>fun</em> is “u”</li><li>identify the syllables of a word by clapping or rhythmic speech: pock-et</li><li>identify the number of sounds in a word, for example, the word
<em>cat</em> has three sounds
<em>c-a-t</em></li><li>remove sounds from words and tell you what remains, for example, “park” without
<em>“p”</em> is “ark”; “winter” without “<em>t” is</em> “winner”.</li></ul><p>If your child is showing
<a href="/Article?contentid=725&language=English">signs of phonological problems</a>, there are various ways you can
<a href="/Article?contentid=726&language=English">help your child develop phonological awareness</a>. There are also a number of
<a href="/Article?contentid=727&language=English">resources to help with phonological awareness</a>.<br></p> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | <img alt="" src="https://assets.aboutkidshealth.ca/AKHAssets/phonological_awareness.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | https://assets.aboutkidshealth.ca/AKHAssets/phonological_awareness.jpg | | | | | | | Phonological awareness: What sounds your child can recognize at different ages | | False | | | | | | |
