A phoneme manipulation deck for junior readers focused on swapping one sound for another to make a new word.
Build stronger phonemic awareness with this engaging Kite & Bloom Sound Studio resource for junior readers! The deck begins with a short mini lesson explaining why phoneme manipulation matters, helping students understand how working with sounds supports decoding unfamiliar words, spelling, noticing patterns, and becoming more flexible readers.
Students then work through 10 interactive “Swap the Sound” slides, changing one sound, blend, or vowel sound to create a new word. Practice includes examples such as brick → trick, drum → plum, cat → cut, and more complex sound changes in words like bridge, grain, and twist.
Perfect for junior whole-class literacy instruction, small groups, intervention, literacy centres, or daily phonemic awareness practice.
