Develop No observable Imitates animal Listens to songs Imitates rhyming Listens with Claps with a phonological skills sounds and nursery words (loo-loo, interest to books drumbeat awareness rhymes and goo-goo) and with alliteration imitates words makes up (uses same nonsense words sounds in beginning and other parts of words) Repeats the Understands the alliterative words difference with these sounds between words more easily /w, p, with similar b, d, t, m, n, h, y/ phonemes such as “pat” and “path”
Develop phonological awareness No observable skills Imitates animal sounds Listens to songs and nursery rhymes and imitates words Imitates rhyming words (loo-loo, goo-goo) and makes up nonsense words Listens with interest to books with alliteration (uses same sounds in beginning and other parts of words) Claps with a drumbeat Repeats the alliterative words with these sounds more easily /w, p, b, d, t, m, n, h, y/ Understands the difference between words with similar phonemes such as “pat” and “path”