Word and sound play activities are the most important set of skills that your child needs in order to become a successful reader and writer. We refer to them as Phonological Awareness skills. These important foundational skills do not involve letters, only words and sounds through play. AND, they must be explicitly taught, as they are not learned naturally the way language and vocabulary develops.  Many of the activities on the internet claim to teach phonological awareness, but they do so using letters, and this is not correct.  In our Jangles, Jingles, and Jiggles book, we’ll show you how to teach Phonological skills correctly using only words and sounds.