The efficacy of musical activities program to develop phonemic awareness skill for toddlers

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Introduction: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the musical activities program on the development of the toddlers’ phonemic awareness skills.

and also ensuring the continuity of the effectiveness of a musical activities program to develop the phonemic awareness among toddlers after a period of time has passed.

Methodology: The researcher used the semi- experimental method based on two groups (experimental& control) group.

Sample: The sample consisted of (30) toddlers (18 males, 12 females) between the ages (2.5- 3.5) years enrolled in Baby Academic Nursery, and Marshmallow.

Cairo City (El- Giza).

They were divided randomly into two groups.

The experimental group (7 girls, 8 boys) and the control group) 5girls, 10 boys( Tools: The researcher used The following tools in the research: Stanford Binet fifth edition (Abu El Neel, Taha & Abd El sameea, 2011), A scale of Phonemic awareness (the Researcher’s preparation), Musical activities program to develop phonemic awareness (the Researcher’s preparation).

The musical activities program was applied to the experimental group, 3 days per week, 45 minutes per session for three months.

The control participation carried out the curricular activities of their nursery program receiving a different type of instruction and the same level of attention.

Results: The results showed that the musical activities program significantly developed the phonemic awareness skills of toddlers on the experimental group and this positive impact of the program continued during the follow up period.

The results indicate that most toddlers in the experimental group develop their phonemic awareness more than the toddlers in control group.

The discussion focuses on the importance of developing phonemic awareness in early childhood age, which may help to reduce the chances of children being exposed to reading difficulties in the next academic learning stages.