This guide will help teach phonemic awareness to Pre K-3 students. It presents phonemic awareness as one of the most sophisticated branches of phonological awareness through interactive activities that allows the student to succeed in learning the sounds represented by the letters of the alphabet. Phonemic Awareness: Step by Step is designed to provide easy-to-follow suggestions for: (1) assessing student's phonemic awareness; (2) instruction on phonemic awareness skills and strategies or activities that reinforce those skills; and (3) development of phonemic awareness through many rhymes, riddles, games, word sorting, sound manipulation, and songs to reinforce patterns in words. Web sites are provided for the user to enhance classroom instruction and to bring state-of-the-art resources to the student.