This segmenting phonemes song gets children up and moving to the sounds in words. It is a multisensory and fun phonemic awareness activity. Use it as a no prep lesson in the classroom, for homeschooling, or as an ESL lesson. Perfect for students needing additional practice segmenting sounds or as a review for those who have mastered this early literacy skill. Lyrics: When a word seems hard and too long to spell Try to break it down and you’ll do well Let’s find a word and break it down Let’s stand up and dance it out Say DOG, DOG Say DOG, DOG And do it like this /d/ /o/ /g/, /d/ /o/ /g/ /d/ /o/ /g/, /d/ /o/ /g/ Say SUN, SUN Say SUN, SUN And do it like this /s/ /u/ /n/, /s/ /u/ /n/ /s/ /u/ /n/, /s/ /u/ /n/ When a word seems hard and too long to spell Try to break it down and you’ll do well Let’s find a word and break it down Let’s stand up and dance it out Say HAT, HAT Say HAT, HAT And do it like this /h/ /a/ /t/, /h/ /a/ /t/ /h/ /a/ /t/, /h/ /a/ /t/ Say BUS, BUS Say BUS, BUS And do it like this /b/ /u/ /s/, /b/ /u/ /s/ /b/ /u/ /s/, /b/ /u/ /s/ The latest research shows that phonemic awareness no longer has to be done "in the dark." On the contrary, it is encouraged to combine phonics and phonemes (letter-sound correspondence) to strengthen phonemic awareness instruction. ➤ Check out our segmenting lesson: youtu.be/UpnUm6H63aQ ➤ Check out our segmenting game: youtu.be/53mSUi15Dq0 ➤ Make it a complete lesson: Download our phonemic awareness no prep worksheet to complement video appletoastkids.com/resources/ ➤ Subscribe youtube.com/@AppleToastKids for more educational videos and no prep lessons ➤ Find us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/appletoastkids/ ➤ Website: www.appletoastkids.com #segmentingphonemes #segmenting #phonemicawareness #phonics #commoncorestatestandards #kindergarten #firstgrade #1stgrade

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