5.+LETTER+SOUNDS+(practise+video)

__**LETTER SOUND**__

In the following video the children from room nine sing the song and demonstrate the actions to show how we begin to learn the sounds that the letters make. The song that we sing is an adaptation of a song that Mrs Cox was first introduced to at a literacy workshop at Don Buck Primary School (the tune is ‘Skip to My Lou’). Encourage your child to sing out loud and to use the body movements this will help them to remember the letter sounds.

//For success in reading and writing the ability to hear, clearly pronounce, and articulate the individual sounds is important. The focus should be on the sound rather than the name of the letter. Accurate individual sound production is important. The most common tendency is to add an extra sound or /ah/ to the end of a consonant sound. For example /bah/ instead of a clear, clipped /b/ sound. This is called “vowelising”. Hint: do not drop your jaw when producing most sounds; do not drop your tongue when producing the /l/ sound. Watching the mouth carefully to see how the sound is produced can be helpful. // // Jean Schedler, Educational Consultant, Eudvac Vol. 20 No. 808 //

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