“…The research findings emphasised the relationship between young children's phonological awareness and success in reading and spelling (Cardoso-Martins, Mesquita, & Ehri, 2011;Chow, McBride-Chang, & Burgess, 2005;Giambo & Mckinney, 2004;Kim, Petscher, Foorman, & Zhou, 2010;Sliva & Martins, 2003). The research findings also emphasised the value of children's level of phonological awareness at the end of kindergarten as one of the strongest predictors of future reading success in the early grades (Hogan, Catts, & Little, 2005;Kjeldsen, Niemib, & Olofsson, 2003;Poe, Burchinal, & Roberts, 2004;Roth, Speece, & Cooper, 2002).…”