 The ability to recognize that words are made up of a discrete set of sounds and how to manipulate those sounds. To manipulate sounds means

o Chants and Jingles o Singing Songs o Rhyming o Trying to write/invent spellers

 The ability to separate sentences into words and words into syllables

 Clapping Syllables  Counting Words

Teachers should encourage each of the following:  Recite Rhymes  Singing Rhymes  Clapping Rhymes  Acting out Rhymes  Reading Rhyming Books NOTE: A great indicator of how well children will learn to read is their ability to recite Rhymes when they enter Kindergarten

She sells seashells by the seashore The shells she sells are surly seashells So if she sells shells on the Seashore I’m sure she sells seashore shells.