The first week of school went by very fast.  All the children seem to be settling into our daily routine.  I have been busy singing some songs with them.  Songs, Nursery Rhymes, and fingerplays are great for working on phonemic awareness skills.  Phonemic awareness is

• ™ The ability to hear the individual parts of words, separate the parts, put them back together and then change them to make new words  
•  A strong indicator of reading success 
•  Oral (once you add print, it become phonics) 
•  Usually developed naturally through reading rhyming books, singing songs, and chanting nursery rhymes 
• Usually secure by the end of first grade

The children thought the following Voki’s were quite funny.  Ask your child to teach them to you.  If you would like a print out of these songs click on the Song header over on the left under the blog banner.  The song sheet contains a few songs that we will be singing starting next week.  Come on back for some new singing Voki’s.  Hopefully you won’t mind my singing, the children don’t seem too!