Alliteration-Every Day Routines and Strategies
Alliteration
Alliteration is the identification and production of words that begin with same initial sound. As children are exposed to words and the sounds in words, they learn to focus on the beginnings of words (sound detection) and categorize words by their initial sound (sound categorization) Because alliteration requires sensitivity to word parts that are smaller than a syllable at the sound level, this is a beginning phonemic awareness skill. The ability to focus on beginning sounds of words is an early step in sound or phoneme, segmentation. Children with good alliteration skills are often good readers because phoneme awareness underlies the ability to match sounds with symbols.
The developmental sequence of alliteration is similar to that of rhyming; however, alliteration does not develop as early in the preschool years as rhyme. Children first learn to identify and match words that begin with the same sounds, then they learn to produce words that begin with a given sounds. Four –year-olds begin to notice and match words that have the same beginning sound and identify which word begins with a given sound.
Everyday Routines and Strategies for alliteration
Recognition
· -Play with children’s names and point out things that begin with the same beginning sound as their names.
· Identify children’s names or the names of objects by saying the first sound (onset) and then the reset of the name (rime) EX: I see S-am or I see a b-all_ this activity highlights the sound structures in words and how words work.
· Play with words by “bouncing’ on the beginning sounds of children’s names or the names of other objects EX.: I see J-J-J-Jenna or say I say a d-d-dog)
Good Books for recognizing alliteration
· Silly Sally by Audrey Wood
· Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
Matching
· In a guessing game say “I am thinking of something or someone that starts with (say a speech sound) Or “ I need someone whose name starts with a (say a speech sound)
Production
· While showing children an animal puppet, tell them that this puppet likes to eat only things that begin with the same sound as the kind of animal he or she is. Have children identify the kind of animal and then the foods that the puppet eats. EX-monkey puppet eats muffins, milk, mashed potatoes, etc.
Alliteration is the identification and production of words that begin with same initial sound. As children are exposed to words and the sounds in words, they learn to focus on the beginnings of words (sound detection) and categorize words by their initial sound (sound categorization) Because alliteration requires sensitivity to word parts that are smaller than a syllable at the sound level, this is a beginning phonemic awareness skill. The ability to focus on beginning sounds of words is an early step in sound or phoneme, segmentation. Children with good alliteration skills are often good readers because phoneme awareness underlies the ability to match sounds with symbols.
The developmental sequence of alliteration is similar to that of rhyming; however, alliteration does not develop as early in the preschool years as rhyme. Children first learn to identify and match words that begin with the same sounds, then they learn to produce words that begin with a given sounds. Four –year-olds begin to notice and match words that have the same beginning sound and identify which word begins with a given sound.
Everyday Routines and Strategies for alliteration
Recognition
· -Play with children’s names and point out things that begin with the same beginning sound as their names.
· Identify children’s names or the names of objects by saying the first sound (onset) and then the reset of the name (rime) EX: I see S-am or I see a b-all_ this activity highlights the sound structures in words and how words work.
· Play with words by “bouncing’ on the beginning sounds of children’s names or the names of other objects EX.: I see J-J-J-Jenna or say I say a d-d-dog)
Good Books for recognizing alliteration
· Silly Sally by Audrey Wood
· Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
Matching
· In a guessing game say “I am thinking of something or someone that starts with (say a speech sound) Or “ I need someone whose name starts with a (say a speech sound)
Production
· While showing children an animal puppet, tell them that this puppet likes to eat only things that begin with the same sound as the kind of animal he or she is. Have children identify the kind of animal and then the foods that the puppet eats. EX-monkey puppet eats muffins, milk, mashed potatoes, etc.