The following references provide additional strategies for phonemic awareness and phonics instruction:

Armstrong, Thomas. The Multiple Intelligences of Reading and Writing: Making Words Come Alive. Alexandria, VA: The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2003.

Blevins, Wiley. Phonics from A to Z: A Practical Guide. New York: Scholastic, 1998. Ericson, Lita and Moira Fraser Juliebo. The Phonological Awareness Handbook for Kindergarten for Primary Teachers. Newark, DE: International Reading Association, 1998.

Farstrup, Alan and S. Jay Samuels, Eds. What Research Has to Say About Reading Instruction. Newark, DE: International Reading Association, 2002.

Heilman, Arthur W. Phonics in Proper Perspective. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill, 2002.

National Reading Panel. Teaching Children to Read: An Evidence-based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction. Washington, DC: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2000.

National Reading Panel. Teaching Children to Read: An Evidence-based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction. Washington, DC: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2000.