Segmenting Phonemes | Phonemic Awareness Song

This segmenting phonemes song gets children up and moving to the sounds in words. It is a multisensory and fun phonemic awareness activity. Use it as a no prep lesson in the classroom, for homeschooling, or as an ESL lesson. Perfect for students needing additional practice segmenting sounds or as a review for those who have mastered this early literacy skill.

Lyrics:
When a word seems hard and too long to spell
Try to break it down and you’ll do well
Let’s find a word and break it down
Let’s stand up and dance it out

Say DOG, DOG
Say DOG, DOG
And do it like this
/d/ /o/ /g/, /d/ /o/ /g/
/d/ /o/ /g/, /d/ /o/ /g/

Say SUN, SUN
Say SUN, SUN
And do it like this
/s/ /u/ /n/, /s/ /u/ /n/
/s/ /u/ /n/, /s/ /u/ /n/

When a word seems hard and too long to spell
Try to break it down and you’ll do well
Let’s find a word and break it down
Let’s stand up and dance it out

Say HAT, HAT
Say HAT, HAT
And do it like this
/h/ /a/ /t/, /h/ /a/ /t/
/h/ /a/ /t/, /h/ /a/ /t/

Say BUS, BUS
Say BUS, BUS
And do it like this
/b/ /u/ /s/, /b/ /u/ /s/
/b/ /u/ /s/, /b/ /u/ /s/

The latest research shows that phonemic awareness no longer has to be done "in the dark." On the contrary, it is encouraged to combine phonics and phonemes (letter-sound correspondence) to strengthen phonemic awareness instruction.

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