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Fall Phonemic Awareness Games

October 8, 2018 • 1 Comment

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5 different phonemic awareness games for fall

Usher in the fall season with this phonemic awareness games with the kids. They are a great way to build phonological awareness.

5 different phonemic awareness games for fall

What is Phonemic Awareness?

Phonemic awareness at the preschool level usually involves identifying letter sounds and then identifying beginning sounds.

Phonemic awareness at the kindergarten level usually involves isolating and identifying sounds at the beginning, middle (begin to isolate), and ends of short words of three sounds.

Consonant sounds are much easier to isolate and identify than vowel sounds. And, beginning sounds are easier than ending sounds.

Notice that the focus is on sounds and not the visual representation of the letters.

Fall Phonemic Awareness Games

You’ll notice that all of these activities can be differentiated to meet the needs of your kids.

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Fill the Pumpkin

fill the pumpkin phonemic awareness game

Materials Needed: one plastic pumpkin pail, printable image sound cards (included), scissors

Preparing: Cut out the image cards.  You may choose to laminate for durability.

In this activity, kids will work on identifying ending sounds.  The kids should take turns naming the picture on their card and then identifying the ending sound. For example, if the card bat is selected, the child would say /t/. If the child is correct, they place the card in the pumpkin. Continue until all cards are used.

Some kids may only be able to identify the beginning sound.  Others may be able to do the medial sound.

Leaf Hunt

leaf hunt phonemic awareness game

Materials Needed: paper, felt or foamleaves, stickers (these are my favorites for sound work), tacky glue (optional), basket

Preparing: Pick 2 to 3 beginning sounds you want the kids to practice. Place a sticker on each leaf. You may want to use a stronger glue such as tacky glue to help the stickers stick to the felt or foam.  Scatter the leaves in a playing area with the images facing up.

In this activity, kids will gather the leaves for a particular beginning sound and put them in the basket. Then, the kids will check to see if all the leaves in the basket are correct. Repeat for the second and third sounds.

For another leaf beginning sounds activity, check out Beginning Sounds Leaf  Sticker Tree Activity.

Apple Dots

do dot marker phonemic awareness activity

Materials Needed: apple sheet (included) and red, green, & yellow Do A Dot Markers

Preparing: Print an apple sheet for each child. Each child will also need a red, yellow, or green Do a Dot marker.

In this activity, the kids will listen for a medial sound and then stamp the apple that matches the sound.

You could also modify this activity and call beginning sounds.

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fall themed phonemic awareness activities for preschool and kindergarten

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Click here to subscribe For even more fall literacy fun, check out the activities and book lists below.

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About Jodie Rodriguez

Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

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  1. menucha says

    October 15, 2018 at 10:01 am

    these are such great ideas! I love how they make learning fun

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