Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear and identify the smallest units of sound, or phonemes, that make up words and can change their meaning. For example, the word "cat" has three distinct phonemes - /c/, /a/, and /t/ - and the word "dog" also has three phonemes - /d/, /o/, and /g/. Being able to segment words into individual phonemes is an important part of phonemic awareness.

1. Phonemic Awareness
Phonemic awareness is when a listener is able to
hear, identify the smallest units of sound that can
differentiate meaning. Separating the spoken word
"cat" into three distinct phonemes.
Can you sound out
Dog and Cat?
The word cat is made up
of three Phonemes
/c/-/a/-/t/
The word dog is made
up of three Phonemes
/d/-/o/-/g/