Empower teachers to build phonological awareness in small, powerful moments throughout the day!
 
The Phonological Awareness Mini Moments Cheat Sheet is a ready-to-use, teacher-friendly resource designed to help you embed meaningful phonological awareness practice into everyday classroom routines. These quick, low-prep activities make it easy to support sound awareness during transitions, play, lining up, or those in-between moments—in just a few fun moments!
 
Perfect for preschool and pre-K classrooms, this guide supports consistent, repeated exposure to phonological awareness skills so children can build strong early reading foundations through intentional, developmentally appropriate practice.
 
Here’s what makes them amazing:
✔ Full Skill Progression – Covers essential phonological awareness skills from listening and sentence segmentation through rhyme, syllables, compound words, and phonemes.
✔ Quick, 1–2 Minute Activities – Simple “mini moments” that fit naturally into your day with no prep required.
✔ Classroom-Ready Language – Clear guidance so teachers feel confident implementing phonological awareness with purpose.
✔ Designed for Repetition – Encourages frequent practice to strengthen brain connections and support mastery.
✔ Flexible & Adaptable – Use during transitions, whole group, small group, or play-based moments.
 
Why Teachers Love This Resource:
Provides an easy way to be intentional about phonological awareness without formal lesson planning.
Supports research-based instruction while honoring play and developmentally appropriate practice.
Helps teachers feel confident knowing what to do through play!
 
NOTE: This is one of the free resources in our Playing with Words course.
 
This is a 13 page digital download.