Minimal Pairs are words that differ only by one sound such as Cat/Hat, One/Run and Tar/Star. Minimal Pairs are very powerful. Children learn that changing just one sound in a word can change it to something else. Minimal Pairs can be used to work on these phonological awareness skills:

• Recognize and Produce Rhymes
• Recognize Sounds in Different Positions of Words
• Manipulate Sounds in Words to Change One Word to Another
• Sound Letter Correspondence – Knowing what Sounds Letters Make

This program has 456 minimal pairs covering a wide variety of consonants and vowel differences.