Working Out with Phonological Awareness

Build phonological awareness with quick and engaging daily workouts!

Working Out with Phonological Awareness gives educators and therapists 50 fun, ready-to-use activities designed to strengthen essential listening and phonological awareness skills. With 136 pages of reproducible content, this book makes it simple to target rhyming, blending, segmenting, and manipulating sounds in a structured yet playful way.

What makes this resource so effective?

• Provides 50 quick, engaging workouts that can be completed in just a few minutes
• Targets six key phonological awareness skills:
  

1. 1. Segmenting syllables
   2. Rhyming
   3. Blending syllables
   4. Segmenting sounds in words
   5. Manipulating sounds
   6. Working with clusters

• Includes a reproducible recording form to track progress and support an individualized education plan (IEP) or intervention goals
• Flexible enough to be used as warm-ups, exit tickets, or review activities in any setting

Why this learning approach works so well:

• Keeps students motivated with short, interactive exercises.
• Supports early literacy by focusing on foundational sound awareness skills.
• Encourages consistent practice with varied activities that can be repeated or adapted.
• Provides built-in assessment opportunities to monitor student growth.

Who is Working Out with Phonological Awareness helpful for?

This resource targets phonological awareness development in children in grades pre-kindergarten to grade 4 and ages 3 to 10. Working Out with Phonological Awareness is an educational resource for Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), special educators, teachers, and parents. Its versatility makes this resource great for various learning environments, including small or large groups in the classroom, in one-on-one speech therapy sessions, or at home.

Why Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), special educators, teachers, and parents love this resource:

• It has all the resources needed to start or end any reading session, and it targets so many phonemic awareness skills in one quick "workout".
• The activities are targeted to slightly older children, which makes them useful to help students past kindergarten and grade 1 with their phonological awareness.
• The quick practices are great to use as "exit tickets" for students.
• It offers a great review of phonological awareness, and the worksheets are excellent to provide structure and words to work on.

Working Out with Phonological Awareness includes:

• 136-page book (6" x 9")
• 50 reproducible activities targeting key phonological awareness skills
• Recording form to assess progress and inform IEP or intervention goals
• Activities that work as warm-ups, exit tickets, or quick practice at home and in class