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Aa (apple) (aim)
A is a cry baby who cries all the time:
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! A is the sound you make when a dog
licks your face: aaaaaaaaaaaah!
Bb (ball)
B can't quite say what he wants to say because he's always
interrupted by the baby's crying: b b b b b b b ! (Sounds
like bubbles bursting in thick boiling soup!)
ADDITIONAL EXERCISE; Aa Bb (Dramatic story with sound
effects!) Why is the baby
crying? AAAAAAAAAH! (Look puzzled.) Aaaaa-answer
me! (Scowl!) B bbb b bb bottle?
Cc (cat) (city)
C is a copy cat letter. He makes the sound of K: kkkkkkk!
C also copies the sound of S: sssssss!
Dd (dog)
D sounds like the touch of a drumstick to a drum: dddddd!
ADDITIONAL EXERCISE: Cc Dd (Dramatic story with sound
effects!) Make the sound of ks, ks, ddd,
ks, ks, ddd, ks, ddd, ks! It is the sound of an old man
snoring, with flies buzzing around his head. (At the sound
of ddd, slap at the flies!)
Ee (egg) (eat)
E is like an old man who needs a hearing aid and has difficulty
understanding what was said to him: Eh?
Ff (fish)
F has the sound of an angry cat: fffffffff!
Gg (girl) (gem)
G sounds like water coming from a full jug:
(Feel this sound in the throat!) gggggggggg!
G can sound like J: Hear the stuttering giraffe in love with a
stuttering giant. (g g gg giraffe and g g ggg giant!)
ADDITIONAL EXERCISE: Ee Ff Gg (Dramatic play acting
with sound effects!) A football player is
exercising: eh, eh, eh! (to the tune of Row Row your
Boat--first line!) F, F, F, F! (Stomp your feet!)
J, j, j, j! (Clap your hands!) Yell "G-r-e-a-t!"
Hh (hat)
H is the tired letter. (Make a sigh!) H is the
panting letter. A dog pants the h sound: h, h, h, h,
h, h, h, h!
Ii (Inch) (item)
I is the sound a pig makes when he is seeking to find a way out
of his pen: (Make i sound like the i sound in the word pig!)
iiiiiiiiii!
Jj (jump)
J is the sound made when a compressed spring releases:
jjjjjjjjjjjjjj!
ADDITIONAL EXERCISE: Hh Ii Jj (Dramatic story with
sound effects!) It is Christmas time and
a family is going by sleigh to Grandma's house. The dog is
running behind the sleigh. He is panting: h, h, h, h!
(He drools. Make a face and say iiiiick!) The
children are singing to the tune of Jingle Bells: j, j, j,
j, j, j, jj, jjj!
Kk (kite)
K is the sound of a cat coughing up a fish bone: kkkkkkkk!
Ll (lamp)
L is the sound of an airplane motor heard in the distance:
(Cup or curl the tongue, touching the rough part of the roof of
the mouth.) llllllllllllll!
ADDITIONAL EXERCISE: Kk Ll (Dramatic story with sound
effects!) Mommy will sing to Baby, but
first she wants a kiss. Give Mommy a kiss and she'll sing a
lullaby: (to
the tune of Lullaby and Good Night) la la la, la la la...!
Mm (moon)
M is the sound made when something smells good: mmmmmmmm!
Nn (nail)
N is the nasal sound. Press the tongue firmly to the rough
part of the roof of the mouth and force the air through the nose.
This sound cannot be made when holding the nose:
nnnnnnnnnnn!
ADDITIONAL EXERCISE: Mm Nn (Dramatic story with sound
effects!) Johnny brought an old cow home:
mmmmmmmmm! (Low pitch!) He wanted to bring it in the
house: mmmmmmm! (Low pitch!) Mother said "Nnnnnnnnooooooooh!"
(Medium high pitch!)
Oo (odd) (old)
O is the sound the doctor asks you to make when he wants to look
at your throat: ah!
Pp (pig)
P is the pop corn popping sound: ppp, ppp, ppp,
pppppp!
Qq (queen)
Q needs u to make a sound. Without u, q has no sound.
Together (qu) they sound like a duck learning to quack: qu,
qu, qu, qu!
ADDITIONAL EXERCISE: Pp Qq (Dramatic story with sound
effects!) When Johnny couldn't keep the
old cow, he went out and bought bubble gum. He kept popping
the gum all day long: p p p p-o-p! p p p
pppp-o-p!
QU QU QUIET!
Rr (rabbit)
R has the sound of a car going down the highway:
rrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Ss (sun)
S has the sound of a car that is getting a flat tire, and the air
is going out of it: sssssssssss!
Tt (top)
T sounds like the ticking of a small watch: t, t, t, t, t,
t!
Uu (umbrella) (universe)
U is the sound a weight lifter makes when he lifts his weights
high over his head: uuuuuu!
Vv (valentine)
V is the vacuum cleaner sound: (teeth lightly touching just
inside the lower lip) vvvvvvvv!
ADDITIONAL EXERCISE: Oo Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv (Dramatic
story with sound effects!) It is morning.
It is winter. There is no heat. It went off in the
night. R U (Are you) cold? Yes, I am so cold!
It is ssssooooh cold in the house! Turn on the TV to see
what the weather man has to say. It is ssssooooooh cold.
Turn on the Teeee Veeeee. R U going to turn on the Teeeeee
Veeeeeee? Well, R U?
Ww (wagon)
W is the sound of a rope whirling through the air: wwwwww!
Xx (box)
X has no sound of its own. It copies the sound of two other
letters: k and s. It is the sound a can of pop makes when
it is opened: ks, ks, ks, ks
ADDITIONAL EXERCISE: Ww Xx (Dramatic story with sound
effects!) A dog is just waking up and he is beginning to
bark: wwww wwww www ww woof!
The dog sees a snake: ksss ksssss kss
ksssssss!
Yy (yo yo)
Y is the sound a dog makes, when running away hurt: y, y, y, y, y!
Zz (zebra)
Z is the sound of a buzzing bee: zzzzzzzz!
ADDITIONAL EXERCISE: (Dramatic story with sound effects!)
Goofy Giggles is laughing: yuh yuh yuh yuh! (Low pitch!)
He is laughing at the flies buzzing around his shoe:
zzzzzzzzzzzz!
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