Science of Reading: Phonemic Awareness// The Science of Reading states that phonemic awareness skills are needed in order for a learner to be a good reader. And while 60% to 70 of learners learn phonemic awareness naturally, others struggle without explicit instruction. In this video, I will go over activities that you can do to help kindergarten, first grade and 2nd grade readers with phonemic awareness. These are kindergarten phonemic awareness activities, first grade phonemic awareness activities and second grade phonemic awareness activities. These phonemic awareness games and activities include phonemic awareness activities on blending and phonemic awareness activities on segmenting. Phonemic awareness is one of the major skills to teach your child to read.