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%u00a9 Elklan Training Limited 2023 213Elklan. Speech and Language Support for 3-5sS99.10.5 Phoneme awareness(ELB. 107, Slide 283)%u2022 An awareness of phonemes/individual speech sounds, develops around 4-5 years.%u2022 Phoneme awareness involves the child%u2019s ability to blend and segment a word into individual sounds or phonemes.%u2022 Please make practitioners aware of the age norms published by Goswami and Byrant who have researched papers written all over Europe and who conclude that the ability to segment/spell out words usually starts when a child is 6. Just agree that this does not fit in with the demands of the National Curriculum. There isn%u2019t enough time for a lively debate! 9.10.6 Alliteration%u2022 Phoneme awareness usually starts with an awareness of the first sound and being able to group words according to their initial sound.%u2022 This begins to develop at around 4 years. %u2022 For ideas to support alliteration see ELB. pages 108-109.9.10.7 Phoneme blending and segmentation%u2022 Use the slide and the information in ELB. page 107 to explain:o The difference between phoneme blending and phoneme segmenting.o How they develop at different ages and not all at once.o The ages at which these skills typically emerge.