Question

During the ___________________ years, most children gradually become sensitive to the sounds of spoken words. They show this phonological awareness in such ways as noticing rhymes, enjoying poems, making up silly names for things by substituting one sound for another, and breaking long words into syllables.

Answer 1

Answer:

Pre-kindergarten - age 5

Explanation:

Research by many authors agrees that the ease of syllabic segmentation in relation to phonemic segmentation in children. For these authors, in terms of phonology, most children between kindergarten through age five begin to become more sensitive and to develop awareness of spoken words.

At this stage, children begin to become aware of sounds, poems, personal names, object-related names. In addition, at this point, children begin to use isolated words, form complete and coherent sentences, and express themselves correctly.