June 2026 Early Childhood Days of Play

Phonological awareness is a critical early literacy skill that involves recognizing and manipulating the sounds in spoken language. Implementing hands-on centers in the classroom provides students with engaging, interactive opportunities to practice these skills in meaningful ways. During this training, educators will learn how to effectively design and facilitate phonological awareness centers that target key skills such as rhyming, syllable segmentation, alliteration, and phoneme blending and manipulation.