Early analogy research (e.g., Goswami, 1986, 1988) compared 6-year old children’s analogies between words like beak and new words like bean (which shares the initial 3 letters with beak) and peak (which shares the final 3 letters with beak). Two strong findings emerged from this research. The first was that analogies between the ends of words (beak-peak) were much easier for young children to draw than analogies between the beginnings of words (beak-bean). The second was that end analogies (beak-peak) emerged first developmentally.
Goswami, U. (1995). Phonological development and reading by analogy: what is analogy, and what is it not? Journal of Research in Reading, 18, 2 p. 139-145.
One way to use this finding: If your students can handle beak-peak, try teaching them beak-bean since that's more likely to enhance their existing phonological awareness skills.
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