Letter

sound songs and actions

We have not learned a few of these yet. I will add more digraphs (two letters that make one sound) later.

/a/ sound (to the tune of Skip to My Lou)
/a/ - /a/! Ants on my arm.
/a/ - /a/! Ants on my arm.
/a/ - /a/! Ants on my arm.
They're causing me alarm.
Action: make a motion like an ant crawling up your arm

/b/ sound (Song – to the tune of Camptown Races)

Bring your bat and bring your ball.
/b/! /b/! /b/! /b/!
Bring your bat and bring your ball
to the park to play.
Action: pretend to hit a baseball out of the park

/c/ or /k/ or /ck/ sound (Song - to the tune of She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain
We are clicking castanets,
/c/-/c/-/c/
We are clicking castanets,
/c/-/c/-/c/
We are clicking castanets,
clicking castanets,
We are clicking castanets,
/c/-/c/-/c/
Action: pretend to click castanets with both hands

/d/ sound (Song - to the tune of This Old Man)

See me play on my drum.
Playing drums is lots of fun
with a /d/ - /d/ -/d/ -/d/
/d/ -/d/ -/d/ -/d/ -/d/ -
See me play upon my drum!
Action: pretend to beat on a drum

/e/ sound (Song - to the tune of Skip to My Lou)

Eggs in the pan, /e/-/e/-/e/
Eggs in the pan, /e/-/e/-/e/
Eggs in the pan, /e/-/e/-/e/
Crack the egg like this... /e/!
Action: pretend to crack an egg into an imaginary pan

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/f/ sound (Song – to the tune of Old MacDonald)
My friends and I went to the beach
with my floating fish.
It got a hole,
the air came out.
/fffff/!
Action: pretend to hold a blow-up fish toy and then press the air out of it

/g/ sound (Song – to the tune of Jimmy Cracked Corn)

The water gurgles down the drain.
The water gurgles down the drain.
The water gurgles down the drain
with a /g/ - /g/ - /g/ - /g/ - /g/.
Action: swirl your hand around like water going down a drain

/h/ sound (Song - to the tune of Apples and Bananas)

I like to hop, hop, hop
up and down.
I like to hop, hop, hop
all around.
I like to hop, hop, hop
up and down.
/h/ - /h/ - /h/ - /h/ - /h/!
Action: hop up and down

/i/ sound (to the tune of Hickory Dickory Dock)

Inky the mouse is my pet.
She spilled the ink and got wet.
The ink it spread
All over the desk.
/i/-/i/-/i/-/i/-/i/-/i/-/i/
Action: wiggle your fingers near your nose because the ink was icky

/j/ sound (Song – to the tune of Jingle Bells)

Jelly and jam, jelly and jam
Jiggling on the plate.
Oh, what will I eat it with?
/j/ - /j/ - /j/ - /j/ - /j/
Action: jiggle like jello

/k/ see /c/

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/l/ sound (Song – to the tune of The Farmer in the Dell)
We lick our lollipops.
We lick our lollipops.
/l/ - /l/ - /l/ - /l/!
We lick our lollipops.
Action: pretend to lick a lollipop

/m/ sound (Song - to the tune of The Wheels on the Bus)

The mom and the dad
make many meals.
/mmm/!
/mmm/!
The mom and the dad
make many meals
for their hungry children.
Action: rub your tummy

/n/ sound (Song - to the tune of Skip to My Lou)

Hear the airplane
/nnn/!
Hear the airplane
/nnn/!
Hear the airplane
/nnn/!
Making lots of noise.
/nnn/!
Action: hold hands out to your sides at your shoulders like an airplane

/o/ sound (Song – to the tune of Old MacDonald)

Now it's dark
the lights go on.
/o/ - /o/ - /o/ - /o/ - /o/ - /o/
Time for bed, the lights go off.
/o/ - /o/ - /o/ - /o/ - /o/
Action: pretend to flip a light switch on and off

/p/ sound (Song - to the tune of Wheels on the Bus)

Puff out the candles on the pink pig cake.
/p/-/p/-/p/-,
/p/-/p/-/p/-.
Puff out the candles on the pink pig cake.
Puff! Puff! Puff!
Action: hold up your index finger and blow it like you are blowing out a candle
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/qu/ sound (to the tune of The Wheels on the Bus)
The duck in the pond quacks
/qu/ - /qu/ - /qu/
/qu/ - /qu/ - /qu/
/qu/ - /qu/ - /qu/
The duck in the pond quacks
/qu/ - /qu/ - /qu/
all around the pond.
Action: make a duck beak with your hands and open and close it

/r/ sound (Song - to the tune of Do You Know the Muffin Man)
See my puppy rip the rag.
/rrr/! /rrr/!
See my puppy rip the rag
when he pulls so hard.
Action: Pretend to be a puppy with a rag in its mouth and shake your head back and forth

/s/ sound (to the tune of A Hunting We Will Go)

The snake is in the grass.
The snake is in the grass.
/sss/! /sss/!
The snake is in the grass.
Action: move hands like a snake in a back and forth motion

/t/ sound (to the tune of Do You Know the Muffin Man?)
When I watch the tennis game,
/t/ - /t/ - /t/,
/t/ - /t/ - /t/,
When I watch the tennis game
My head goes back and forth.
Action: turn your head from side to side as if you are watching a tennis match

/u/ sound (Song – to the tune of Skip to My Lou)

/u/ - /u/ up go umbrellas.
/u/ - /u/ up go umbrellas.
/u/ - /u/ up go umbrellas...
...when it starts to rain!
Action: pretend to raise an umbrella with your hands one on top of the other

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/v/ sound (Song – to the tune of Go Round and Round the Village)
Drive Vic's van round the village.
Drive Vic's van round the village.
Drive Vic's van round the village.
/v/ - /v/ - /v/ - /v/ - /v/ - /v/!
Action: pretend to drive a van

/w/ sound (Song – to the tune of He's Got the Whole World in his Hands)
I see the clouds moving.
/w/ - /w/ - /w/
I see the kites flying.
/w/ - /w/ - /w/
I see the trees bending,
/w/ - /w/ - /w/
The wind is blowing strong!
Action: cup hands together and blow gently on them

/x/ sound (this is the sound of /c/ followed immediately by the sound of /s/
(Song – to the tune of Skip to my Lou)
/ks/ - /ks/! Take an x-ray.
/ks/ - /ks/! Take an x-ray.
/ks/ - /ks/! Take an x-ray.
x-ray of my hand.
Action: pretend to take an x-ray with an x-ray camera

/y/ sound (Song – to the tune of I Like to Eat Apples and Bananas)
I like to eat, eat, eat
yogurt and bananas.
I like to eat, eat, eat
yogurt and bananas.
I like to eat, eat, eat
yogurt and bananas.
/y/ - /y/ - /y/ - /y/ - /y/!
Action: pretend to eat yogurt from a spoon

/z/ sound (Song – to the tune of Did You Ever See a Lassie)
Did you ever hear a bee buzz,
a bee buzz, a bee buzz?
Did you ever hear a bee buzz,
/zzz/ like this?
Action: pretend to be a bee; make your arms into short wings holding elbows at your sides
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/ai/ long a sound (Song – to the tune of Camptown Races
My ear hurt. I was in pain.
/ai/ /ai/
My ear hurt. I was in pain.
What did you try to say?
Action: cup your hand around your ear as if you can’t hear