Which activity best demonstrates phonological awareness by noticing repeating initial sounds?

• A. Sings a song with repeating initial sounds
• B. Reads silently
• C. Writes letters
• D. Counts words

Answer: (A)

Phonological awareness means recognizing and manipulating sounds in spoken language, such as noticing repeating initial sounds. Demonstrating this by singing a song with words that share the same starting sounds shows a listener attending to sound patterns at the beginning of words, which is exactly what this skill measures. Among the activities, this directly engages hearing and identifying sound repetitions, while reading silently, writing letters, or counting words are more about print knowledge, transcription, or counting rather than the auditory awareness of sounds. So the singing activity best demonstrates noticing repeating initial sounds.