1. A system for teaching phonemic awareness, the system comprising: a plurality of phonemes, each phoneme comprising a unique sound and an indivisible unit of sound in a spoken language; a plurality of graphemes, each grapheme comprising a written representation of one of the plurality of phonemes; a plurality of distinct graphical images; a plurality of unique names, each unique name associated with one of the graphical images and comprising a grouping of graphemes selected from the plurality of graphemes; a plurality of sets of display pieces, each set of display pieces comprising a plurality of individual display pieces each individual display piece comprising at least a portion of one of the graphical images and one or more graphemes from the grouping of graphemes constituting the unique name associated with that graphical image; and a predefined instructional environment, the instructional environment comprising a predefined spatial context and predefined rules governing the acquisition, dispersement and utilization of individual display pieces within the predefined spatial context.