• Understanding that words are made up of smaller sounds.  Hearing and playing with smaller sounds in words.  Phonological awareness comes before phonics.
• Sing songs.  Clap along with the song.  Use rhythm sticks and shakers.
• Learn nursery rhymes.  For older children, substitute a non-rhyming word in place of the rhyming word and see if they notice the difference.
• Do action rhymes.
• Read books with rhyming texts.
• Play “Say it fast; say it slow.”  Butterfly  Butt er fly   Turtle   Tur tle

Here are some books that reinforce Phonological Awareness:
(Click on the cover to see the book description in the Library Catalog.)