“…Research across languages shows that children follow the same progression of development of PA: sensitivity to syllables develops first followed by onsets and rimes and finally, phonemes (e.g., Villalón, 2008;Anthony, Williams, Durán & Laing, 2011;Gutiérrez, et al, 2020). In Spanish, along with phoneme awareness, syllable awareness plays a significant role in reading (Herrera & Defior, 2005;Anthony et al, 2011;Calet, Flores, Jiménez-Fernández & Defior, 2016). However, by kindergarten, the majority of Spanish-speaking children seem to have mastered syllable awareness (Defior & Herrera, 2003;Herrera et al, 2007;De la Calle, Aguilar & Navarro, 2016).…”