An educational and research-based collection of activities, games, and tips for teaching phonological and phonemic awareness to kids In Droppin' Knowledge on Foundational Skills: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Exercises Aligned to the Science of Reading, veteran teachers Heidi and Adam Martin deliver an essential resource that walks you through how to teach children the foundational skills they need to become successful readers. The book explains what works, what doesn't, and why, and describes the techniques that most reliably improve kids' reading abilities. It covers everything from word awareness to syllables, rhyming, onset and rime, phoneme isolation, blending, segmentation, addition, and deletion. The authors distill the latest research in phonological and phonemic awareness, making it easy to understand regardless of your experience or level of formal training. You'll explore practical strategies and tips to ensure that the children you're teaching have the foundational literacy skills that they need to be successful readers and spellers. You'll also find fun reproducibles and games that you can use as warm-ups and as supplementary material for your lesson plans. Perfect for elementary teachers, Droppin' Knowledge on Foundational Skills is an invaluable guide for literacy coaches, reading specialists, tutors, and parents everywhere.