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Elklan. Speech and Language Support for 3-5s%u00a9 Elklan Training Limited 2023 210S99.10.1 Awareness of rhythm(Slide 278)%u2022 Words are not only made up of different sounds but they have a rhythm of their own which involves beats/syllables. %u2022 Any games or resources that encourage an awareness and exploration of rhythm is a positive precursor for the brain beginning to listen to patterns within words. %u2022 By 3 yrs children should have a good sense of rhythm but not all do. It is worth checking this and supporting those who don%u2019t have a natural affinity with rhythm. This session is going to focus on the next phonological skills but there are information and ideas in ELB. pages108-109.9.10.2 Rhyme(ELB. 107-109, Slide 279)%u2022 An awareness usually begins at the age of 3. It is a complex skill and develops gradually from:o enjoyment of nursery songs and rhymes, to o completing the line of a familiar rhyming song, poem or rhyming story book to o identifying words that rhyme and generating rhyme.o By the time a child goes to school he needs to be able to; o Identify rhyme o Generate words which rhyme