Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear and manipulate sounds in words, such as recognizing rhyming words, which is crucial for reading development.
Print awareness involves understanding how books and print work, including knowing how to hold a book and turn the pages in the correct order.
Identifying the first sound in a word is an example of phonemic awareness, which involves the ability to focus on and manipulate individual sounds in spoken words.
Retelling the main events of a story helps assess a child's listening comprehension, which is key to understanding and interpreting spoken language.
Recognizing and naming uppercase and lowercase letters is a sign of alphabet knowledge, which is foundational for reading and writing skills.
