How to teach short oo sound:

We are going to teach kids the short oo sound through 6 steps. Each step will add a lot of fun and liveliness to the learning time. Let’s see together:

1. sound short oo story:

“let’s go, Oona, we will be late”, sam called on his sister. They were buying some groceries from the supermarket for their mom. “wait, the cars are fast, the lights are still red”, replied kitty. At that time there was an old man trying to pass the street as he was carrying so heavy staff. “oo…..oo…oo”, the man was taking his breath hard and kept making these voices as he was so exhausted. “Sam, we must help this man reach the other side of the road. Come with me if you want”, Oona said. “Alright”, answered Sam, They went to the old man and offered help. “thanks kids, I don’t know what to say but thanks”. They carried the staff he have and waited for the green light. Kitty and Sam are really nice.

2. short oo sound pronunciation video:

• “oo” is a short vowel digraph and it can be found in “book, foot, and cook”. Try to keep them remembering that there are two of this digraph a short and long one.
• OK, to pronounce the short “oo” sound, you should focus on the correct position of your jaw, lips, and tongue. Slightly open your mouth, around your lips, and relax them.
• Pull your tongue back in your mouth and relax it. Lift the back of your tongue toward the roof of your mouth.
• Remember, the short “oo” is a relaxed sound, so your tongue and lips should be relaxed, and your tongue should be pulled back.

3. jolly phonics digraph oo dictation:

walk with your kid step by step on his notebook to write the following digraph. Show him the gif below and motivate him to imitate it.

4. short oo sound digraph tracing worksheet:

Here’s the digraph “oo” tracing worksheet to practice:

5. short oo sound jolly phonics – blending exercise:

5. jolly phonics sound j – blending exercise:

Use our phonics phase 2 and phase 3 flashcards to practice some pronunciation activities with your kid: 

• First level: Make combinations of the flashcards below and let the child recognize which letters are making the sound “oo”.
• Advanced level: Let the child assemble the words below by himself. keep telling him the pronunciation of the word until he can make the combination alone. 

• The word the kid should make here is “cook”.

Try other words too…

jolly phonics sound short oo – words dictation:

Write on the board or on a piece of paper the following table of graphemes. Give the kid some oral words that can only be combined with available graphemes in the table. See how your kid will be able to form a word from.

The teacher/parent here may say :

hook

Now the kid has to know how to form the latter word from the table using his listening skills and his knowledge of blending.

after the teacher/parent pronounce the word the kid should arrange the word following the pronunciation he heard

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How to teach long oo sound:

We are going to teach kids the long oo sound through 6 steps. Each step will add a lot of fun and liveliness to the learning time. Let’s see together:

1. sound oo story:

Once, there was a little girl called soo living in a lovely neighborhood. The girl always wears her nice boots and goes on a ride around the hood. She gives food to all the poor she meets on the road. When she goes back home at night to sleep. First, she brushes her teeth, tooth by tooth. She goes to bed feeling happy and in the mood. At 8:00 am in the morning a little cuckoo comes out of the clock to wake her up for a new nice day, saying “O..oo….O..oo….O..oo”.

2. oo sound jolly phonics pronunciation:

• The “oo” sound has two forms. Here we will take the long oo but the close-rounded shaped one like in boot and hood and not the “oa”
• To make the “oo” sound, you should focus on the correct position of your jaw, lips, and tongue.
• Open your mouth a little and push your lips out, making a small, tense circle.
• Pull your tongue far back in your throat and tense it.
• Raise the back of the tongue toward the roof of your mouth.
• Remember, the “oo” is a tense sound, so your lips and tongue should be tense.
• Your tongue should be pulled back in your mouth.

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3. jolly phonics digraph long oo dictation:

walk with your kid step by step on his notebook to write the following digraph. Show him the gif below and motivate him to imitate it.

4. long oo sound trigraph tracing worksheet:

Here’s the digraph “oo” tracing worksheet to practice:

5. jolly phonics sound long oo – blending exercise:

Use our phonics phase 2 and phase 3 flashcards to practice some pronunciation activities with your kid: 

• First level: Make combinations of the flashcards below and let the child recognize which letters are making the sound “oo”.
• Advanced level: Let the child assemble the words below by himself. keep telling him the pronunciation of the word until he can make the combination alone. 

The word the kid should make here is “poor”.

Try other words too…

jolly phonics sound long oo – words dictation:

Write on the board or on a piece of paper the following table of graphemes. Give the kid some oral words that can only be combined with available graphemes in the table. See how your kid will be able to form a word from.

The teacher/parent here may say :

“mood”

Now the kid has to know how to form the latter word from the table using his listening skills and his knowledge of blending.

after the teacher/parent pronounce the word the kid should arrange the word following the pronunciation he heard

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How to teach oa sound:

We are going to teach kids the oa sound through 6 steps. Each step will add a lot of fun and liveliness to the learning time. Let’s see together:

1. sound oa story:

Joan took his coat and went out with his cat to walk around the town. When they came near the town beach, they heard a noise coming out of a small old boat ahead of them. They looked around the boat but saw nothing. “let’s find out what is that baby sound”, he said to his cat. When he came closer and looked inside the boat he found a little goat. “oa…..come here little beautiful kitten. who has put you here, you must be hungry”. The cat licked the little face of the kitten expressing that she loved it. “oa…she is beautiful, let’s take her home”.

2. oa sound jolly phonics pronunciation:

• “oa” is a long “o” vowel sound and it is open rounded like in the words “road, boat, and goat”
• to pronounce the “oa” sound, you should focus on the correct position of your jaw, lips, and tongue.
• Partially open your mouth. Round your lips and make them tense, then pull them in a tighter circle.
• Pull your tongue back and tense it.
• Remember, the “oa” is a tense sound, so your lips and tongue should be very tense. Your jaw should be partially lowered.
• Let’s try saying it: “oa”, “oa”, “oa”.

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3. jolly phonics digraph oa dictation:

walk with your kid step by step on his notebook to write the following digraph. Show him the gif below and motivate him to imitate it.

4. oa sound trigraph tracing worksheet

Here’s the digraph “ar” tracing worksheet to practice:

5. jolly phonics sound oa – blending exercise:

Use our phonics phase 2 and phase 3 flashcards to practice some pronunciation activities with your kid: 

• First level: Make combinations of the flashcards below and let the child recognize which letters are making the sound “oa”.
• Advanced level: Let the child assemble the words below by himself. keep telling him the pronunciation of the word until he can make the combination alone. 

• The word the kid should make here is “coat”.

Try other words too…

jolly phonics sound ar – words dictation:

Write on the board or on a piece of paper the following table of graphemes. Give the kid some oral words that can only be combined with available graphemes in the table. See how your kid will be able to form a word from.

The teacher/parent here may say :

“boat”

Now the kid has to know how to form the latter word from the table using his listening skills and his knowledge of blending.

after the teacher/parent pronounces the word the kid should arrange the word following the pronunciation he heard.

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How to teach ng sound:

We are going to teach kids the ng sound through 6 steps. Each step will add a lot of fun and liveliness to the learning time. Let’s see together:

1. Sound ng story:

Tommy and his friend were playing with their toys. One of the toys was HULK holding a monster and getting ready to throw it. The kids were so astonished and amazed by HULK’s power. One of the kids brought a big wooden board and started to imitate HULK.” I will lift this alone, watch me, ng…ng…ng”. The board was so heavy and the kid slipped on the ground while he was trying. Tommy kept laughing at him. “oh, that’s so funny, you keep saying ng..ng but the board is not lifted.”

2. ng sound jolly phonics pronunciation:

• If you see a word that ends with ‘ng, you have the “ng” sound
• And now, let’s find out how to make the “ng” sound. 
• To make the “ng” sound correctly, it’s important to pass the air through your nose. 
• Let’s take a closer look at how to do that:
• Pull the back of your tongue toward your throat.
• Next: stop the air in your mouth with the back of your tongue and direct it into your nose. 

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3. jolly phonics digraph ng dictation:

walk with your kid step by step on his notebook to write the following digraphs. Show him the gif below and motivate him to imitate it.

4. ng sound digraph tracing worksheet:

Here’s the digraph “ng” tracing worksheet to practice:

5. jolly phonics sound ng – blending exercise:

Use our phonics phase 2 and phase 3 flashcards to practice some pronunciation activities with your kid: 

• The first level: Make combinations of the flashcards below and let the child recognize which letters are making the sound “ng”.
• Advanced level: Let the child assemble the words below by himself. keep telling him the pronunciation of the word until he can make the combination alone. 

• The word the kid should make here is “sing”.

Try other words too…

6. Jolly phonics sound ng – words dictation:

Write on the board or on a piece of paper the following table of graphemes. Give the kid some oral words that can only be combined with available graphemes in the table. See how your kid will be able to form a word from.

The teacher/parent here may say :

bang

Now the kid has to know how to form the latter word from the table using his listening skills and his knowledge of blending.

after the teacher/parent pronounce the word the kid should arrange the word following the pronunciation he heard

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How to teach j sound:

We are going to teach kids the j sound through 6 steps. Each step will add a lot of fun and liveliness to the learning time. Let’s see together:

1. sound j story:

John went on a trip with his mom to the beach. They went on their jeep, taking a jar of jam and bread for breakfast. John’s mother warned him not to swim far from the beach as the jellyfish may bite him. John listened to his mom and swam near. When he finished and came to eat, his mother gave him a cup of jelly for obeying her. John was so happy. The jelly kept going left and right when he moves it makes the “j, j, j” sound all the time.

2. j sound jolly phonics pronunciation:

• First, slightly open your mouth and push out your lips. 
• Now, focus on your tongue. 
• Place the tip of your tongue on the alveolar ridge behind your upper front teeth. Just as you do to make the “d” sound. This way you stop the air. 
• Now, to release the air, arch your tongue so it’s near the roof of your mouth. The same way as you do when you make the “j” letter. Make sure that you don’t touch the roof of your mouth and there’s a small gap for the air stream. 
• When you release the air through this gap, it’ll flow with lots of noise: “dj – dj”.
• The “dj” is a voiced sound, so don’t forget to add your voice. 

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3. jolly phonics trigraph j dictation:

walk with your kid step by step on his notebook to write the following grapheme. Show him the gif below and motivate him to imitate it.

4. j sound tracing worksheet:

Here’s the grapheme “j” tracing worksheet to practice:

5. jolly phonics sound j – blending exercise:

Use our phonics phase 2 and phase 3 flashcards to practice some pronunciation activities with your kid: 

• First level: Make combinations of the flashcards below and let the child recognize which letters are making the sound “j”.
• Advanced level: Let the child assemble the words below by himself. keep telling him the pronunciation of the word until he can make the combination alone. 

• The word the kid should make here is “jeep”.

Try other words too…

6. Jolly phonics sound j – words dictation:

Write on the board or on a piece of paper the following table of graphemes. Give the kid some oral words that can only be combined with available graphemes in the table. See how your kid will be able to form a word from.

The teacher/parent here may say :

job

Now the kid has to know how to form the latter word from the table using his listening skills and his knowledge of blending.

after the teacher/parent pronounce the word the kid should arrange the word following the pronunciation he heard

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How to teach igh sound:

We are going to teach kids the igh sound through 6 steps. Each step will add a lot of fun and liveliness to the learning time. Let’s see together:

1. sound igh story:

Johnny was playing in the garden with his ball. He was throwing the ball to the dog and the dog has to get it. The dog was happy but he got tired. Johnny kicked the ball far this time and the dog looked at it going farther like he was going to cry. He looked back at Johnny and started to bend his legs and he sat down. “fine, I will go and get it this time”, johnny said. He ran so fast but unfortunately, he stumbled on a rock and fell on the ground. “igh, igh”, he kept saying until his mother heard him. That night, johnny spent his time in the bed, not doing anything saying “igh, igh”. he shouldn’t make his dog that tired.

2. igh sound jolly phonics pronunciation:

• the “igh’ is pronounced like long “I” as in the words light and height.
• To make the “igh” correctly, you need to pronounce two sounds and make a smooth connection between them.
• Start with making the “ɑ” sound.
• Open your mouth as wide as possible. Relax your lips and allow them to rest in a neutral position.
• Flatten your tongue and place it very low in your mouth. The tip of your tongue should be touching the back of your bottom front teeth.
• Next, connect the “ɑ” to the “i” sound.
• Smoothly move your jaw up, until your mouth is almost closed, and push your tongue forward, raising it high in your mouth.
• The first sound in a diphthong is typically longer and louder. So, make sure that you pronounce a nice and full “ɑ” and then connect it to the “i”.

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3. jolly phonics trigraph igh dictation:

walk with your kid step by step on his notebook to write the following trigraph. Show him the gif below and motivate him to imitate it.

4. igh sound trigraph tracing worksheet:

Here’s the trigraph “igh” tracing worksheet to practice:

5. jolly phonics sound igh – blending exercise:

Use our phonics phase 2 and phase 3 flashcards to practice some pronunciation activities with your kid: 

• First level: Make combinations of the flashcards below and let the child recognize which letters are making the sound “igh”.
• Advanced level: Let the child assemble the words below by himself. keep telling him the pronunciation of the word until he can make the combination alone. 

• The word the kid should make here is “night”.

Try other words too…

6. jolly phonics sound igh – words dictation:

Write on the board or on a piece of paper the following table of graphemes. Give the kid some oral words that can only be combined with available graphemes in the table. See how your kid will be able to form a word from.

The teacher/parent here may say :

“sight”

Now the kid has to know how to form the latter word from the table using his listening skills and his knowledge of blending.

after the teacher/parent pronounce the word the kid should arrange the word following the pronunciation he heard

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How to teach er sound:

We are going to teach kids the er sound through 6 steps. Each step will add a lot of fun and liveliness to the learning time. Let’s see together:

1. sound er story:

Merna and Dexter were helping their mother in the kitchen. She was cooking a big sweet chocolate cake. She opened the mixer and started to mix some ingredients and while she was starting to run the mixer it made “errrrr…..errrrr”. The sound was very loud but the children thought it is so funny and kept laughing at her.

2. er sound jolly phonics pronunciation:

• To make the “er” sound correctly, focus on pronouncing two sounds and making a smooth connection between them.
• Start with making the “e” sound. Slightly open your mouth, spread your lips and relax them. 
• By the way, there are some variations in how the vowel in the “er” sound could be pronounced. It’s okay to tense your lips and make a sound that falls somewhere in between the tense /i/ and the relaxed /e/ vowels. 
• For the rest of this video, we’ll stick with the relaxed /ɪ/ for the sake of simplicity. 
• Now, let’s place your tongue in the correct position for the “e”.
• Raise your tongue high in your mouth and push it to the front. The tip of your tongue can be lowered just behind your bottom front teeth.
• Next, connect the “e” to the “r” sound with a long gliding movement. 
• Slightly round your lips. Curl back the tip of your tongue. 
• Now, slightly lower the center of your tongue and raise its back. Your tongue should be tensed. 

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3. jolly phonics digraph er dictation:

walk with your kid step by step on his notebook to write the following digraph. Show him the gif below and motivate him to imitate it.

4. er sound digraph tracing worksheet:

Here’s the digraph “er” tracing worksheet to practice:

5. jolly phonics sound er – blending exercise:

Use our phonics phase 2 and phase 3 flashcards to practice some pronunciation activities with your kid: 

• First level: Make combinations of the flashcards below and let the child recognize which letters are making the sound “er”.
• Advanced level: Let the child assemble the words below by himself. keep telling him the pronunciation of the word until he can make the combination alone. 

• The word the kid should make here is “kinder”.

Try other words too…

jolly phonics sound er – words dictation:

Write on the board or on a piece of paper the following table of graphemes. Give the kid some oral words that can only be combined with available graphemes in the table. See how your kid will be able to form a word from.

The teacher/parent here may say :

“better”

Now the kid has to know how to form the latter word from the table using his listening skills and his knowledge of blending.

after the teacher/parent pronounce the word the kid should arrange the word following the pronunciation he heard

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How to teach ee/or sounds:

We are going to teach kids the ee/or sound through 6 steps. Each step will add a lot of fun and liveliness to the learning time. Let’s see together:

1. sounds ee/or story:

The sheep, the cow, and the hen were playing on the farm. “why the donkey didn’t come to play”, wandered all of them, “let’s go and see”. When they went, they found him sick and in a low voice he says “ee…or, ee…or”. They stayed that night and took care of him until he got back fit. They played together again happily and the donkey cheered “ee..or, ee..or”

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A. pronunciation of ee sound:

•  To make the “ee” sound, you should focus on the correct position of your lips, tongue, and jaw.
• Open your mouth a little, stretch your lips as wide as you can, and make them tense. 
• Raise your tongue very high and push it to the front of your mouth. The tip of your tongue should be lowered just behind your bottom front teeth.
• Remember, the “ee” is a tense sound, so your lips and tongue should be tense. Your tongue should be at the front of your mouth.
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B. pronunciation of or sound:

• To make the”or” sound correctly, focus on pronouncing two sounds and making a smooth connection between them.
• Start with making the “o” sound. Open your mouth as wide as possible, and round your lips.
• Now, let’s place your tongue in the correct position for the “o” vowel.
• Flatten your tongue and pull it back. Place your tongue very low in your mouth.
• By the way, there are some variations in how the vowel in the “or” sound could be pronounced. 
• It’s okay to place your tongue a little higher in your mouth and not pull it back as far, making a sound that falls somewhere in between the “oa” and the “o” vowels. 
• The tip of your tongue should be touching the back of your bottom front teeth.
• Next, connect the “oa” to the “r” sound with a long gliding movement. Curl back the tip of your tongue. 
• Now, slightly lower the center of your tongue and raise its back. Your tongue should be tensed. 

3. jolly phonics digraph ee/or dictation:

4. ee/or sound trigraph tracing worksheet

Here’s the digraph “ee” and “or” tracing worksheet to practice:

5. ee/or sounds jolly phonics – blending exercise:

Use our phonics phase 2 and phase 3 flashcards to practice some pronunciation activities with your kid: 

• First level: Make combinations of the flashcards below and let the child recognize which letters are making the sound “ee/or”.
• Advanced level: Let the child assemble the words below by himself. keep telling him the pronunciation of the word until he can make the combination alone. 

from these flashcards the kid should make the word:

“feel”

and

“corn” from here:

use more flashcards to try other words.

ee/or sounds jolly phonics – words dictation:

Write on the board or on a piece of paper the following table of graphemes. Give the kid some oral words that can only be combined with available graphemes in the table. See how your kid will be able to form a word from.

The teacher/parent here may say :

“born”/ “meet”

Now the kid has to know how to form the latter word from the table using his listening skills and his knowledge of blending.

after the teacher/parent pronounce the word the kid should arrange the word following the pronunciation he heard

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How to teach ear sound:

We are going to teach kids the ear sound through 6 steps. Each step will add a lot of fun and liveliness to the learning time. Let’s see together:

1. sound ear story:

An old wise owl with a long beard gathered all animals and talked in a deep voice about a competition to know which animal is so smart and neat. all the animals cheered and were excited to participate in the competition. The owl said four words, only two have the same sound “big, small, gear and ear”. All the animals thought fast to get the answer. “I know…” said the sheep, and all the other animals had to clap for how smart is he. The sound is!!!!

2. ear sound jolly phonics pronunciation:

• Pull the lips to the sides and you get the sound ee.
• Relax the tongue down and bring the tip of the tongue up to make the light “rrr”.
• Round your lips a little bit at the end of the “rrr” sound.
• Don’t blend the “ee” and “rrr” together as they will sound like “er” in teacher.
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3. jolly phonics digraph ear dictation:

walk with your kid step by step on his notebook to write the following trigraph. Show him the gif below and motivate him to imitate it.

4. ear sound trigraph tracing worksheet:

Here’s the trigraph “ear” tracing worksheet to practice:

5. Jolly phonics sound ear – blending exercise:

Use our phonics phase 2 and phase 3 flashcards to practice some pronunciation activities with your kid: 

• First level: Make combinations of the flashcards below and let the child recognize which letters are making the sound “ear”.
• Advanced level: Let the child assemble the words below by himself. keep telling him the pronunciation of the word until he can make the combination alone. 

The word the kid should make here is “near”.

Try other words too…

jolly phonics sound ear – words dictation:

Write on the board or on a piece of paper the following table of graphemes. Give the kid some oral words that can only be combined with available graphemes in the table. See how your kid will be able to form a word from.

The teacher/parent here may say :

“fear”

Now the kid has to know how to form the latter word from the table using his listening skills and his knowledge of blending.

after the teacher/parent pronounce the word the kid should arrange the word following the pronunciation he heard

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How to teach ch sound:

We are going to teach kids the ch sound through 6 steps. Each step will add a lot of fun and liveliness to the learning time. Let’s see together:

1. sound ch story:

Charlie’s father was cleaning his office room when Charlie entered to ask his father for some pocket money to go on a picnic with his mother and aunt. His father had to clean the chair with a towel next to the room door before he gives Charlie the money. the chair was old and hasn’t been used for a while. Once the father put the towel on the chair, a lot of dust came up in the air. Charlie was very allergic to dust and started to sneeze, “chhhhh, chhhhh”. “Father, what is all this dust, chhhhh ,chhhhhh”.

2. ch sound jolly phonics pronunciation:

• To make the “ch” sound, you need to merge the stop /t/ with the fricative “sh” into one sound.
• First, slightly open your mouth and push out your lips. 
• Now, focus on your tongue.
• Place the tip of your tongue on the alveolar ridge behind your upper front teeth. Just as you do to make the /t/ sound. This way you stop the air. 
• Now, to release the air, arch your tongue so it’s near the roof of your mouth. The same way as you do when you make the “sh” sound. Make sure that you don’t touch the roof of your mouth and there’s a small gap for the air stream. 
• When you release the air through this gap, it’ll flow with lots of noise: “ch”.
• Does that sound like a lot? Don’t worry, let’s watch it again in slow motion.
• Remember, the “ch” is an affricate sound, so it’s important to completely stop the air and then immediately release it with friction. 
• Now, let’s try and merge the /t/ and the “sh” sounds together: “ch”, “ch”, “ch”.

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3. Jolly phonics digraph ch dictation:

walk with your kid step by step on his notebook to write the following digraph. Show him the gif below and motivate him to imitate it.

4. ch sound digraph tracing worksheet

Here’s the digraph “ch” tracing worksheet to practice:

5. jolly phonics sound ch – blending exercise:

Use our phonics phase 2 and phase 3 flashcards to practice some pronunciation activities with your kid: 

• First level: Make combinations of the flashcards below and let the child recognize which letters are making the sound “ch”.
• Advanced level: Let the child assemble the words below by himself. keep telling him the pronunciation of the word until he can make the combination alone. 

• The word the kid should make here is “chair”.

Try other words too…

6. Jolly phonics sound air – words dictation:

Write on the board or on a piece of paper the following table of graphemes. Give the kid some oral words that can only be combined with available graphemes in the table. See how your kid will be able to form a word from.

The teacher/parent here may say :

“rich”

Now the kid has to know how to form the latter word from the table using his listening skills and his knowledge of blending.

after the teacher/parent pronounce the word the kid should arrange the word following the pronunciation he heard

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How to teach ar sound:

We are going to teach kids the ar sound through 6 steps. Each step will add a lot of fun and liveliness to the learning time. Let’s see together:

1. sound ar story:

Carla was a beautiful smart girl. Once she makes something good, her mum praises her and hugs her. One day Carla did something and never did it again. Her mom brought an ice cream pocket and put it in the fridge. She told Carla that she can take some. Carla found the ice cream so smooth. She didn’t notice that she kept eating until she finished the whole package. A few moments later, she started to feel increasing pain in all her teeth. she kept saying “ar, ar” and when her mom knew, she took her to the doctor. He asked her to open her mouth and say “ar, ar”. the doctor found that Carla has a sore throat because of the frozen ice cream. He helped Carla and gave her the medicine that made her feel better and asked her not to do that again.

2. ar sound jolly phonics pronunciation:

• To make the “ar” sound correctly, focus on pronouncing two sounds and making a smooth connection between them.
• Start with making the /ɑ/ sound.
• Open your mouth as wide as possible. Relax your lips and allow them to rest in a neutral position.
• Now, let’s move your tongue in the correct position for the /ɑ/ vowel.
• Place your tongue very low in the center of your mouth and make it flat. 
• The tip of your tongue should be touching the back of your bottom front teeth.
• Next, connect the /ɑ/ to the /r/ sound with a long gliding movement. 
• Slightly round your lips. Curl back the tip of your tongue. 
• Now, slightly lower the center of your tongue and raise its back. Your tongue should be tensed. 

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3. jolly phonics digraph ar dictation:

walk with your kid step by step on his notebook to write the following digraph. Show him the gif below and motivate him to imitate it.

4. ar sound digraph tracing worksheet

Here’s the digraph “ar” tracing worksheet to practice:

5. jolly phonics sound ar – blending exercise:

Use our phonics phase 2 and phase 3 flashcards to practice some pronunciation activities with your kid: 

• First level: Make combinations of the flashcards below and let the child recognize which letters are making the sound “ar”.
• Advanced level: Let the child assemble the words below by himself. keep telling him the pronunciation of the word until he can make the combination alone. 

• The word the kid should make here is “park”.

Try other words too…

jolly phonics sound ar – words dictation:

Write on the board or on a piece of paper the following table of graphemes. Give the kid some oral words that can only be combined with available graphemes in the table. See how your kid will be able to form a word from.

The teacher/parent here may say :

“mark”

Now the kid has to know how to form the latter word from the table using his listening skills and his knowledge of blending.

after the teacher/parent pronounce the word the kid should arrange the word following the pronunciation he heard

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