Lively Letters

In this video we learn about turning your voice on and turning your voice off. When we make the sounds for many of our letters, the mouth formation is the same. The only difference is the voice! Experiment with the different letter sounds to notice if your voice is on (noisy) or off (quiet).

This is the "quiet mother". Shhhhhh! She turns her voice off to make her sound because she does not want to wake her baby. Watch this video to learn about the letter Pp.

The noisy baby makes her sound with her voice on. She is partnered with the quiet mother because their sound is made with the same mouth formation.

Watch as Ms. Tupper talks about the quiet tongue dancer. She wears sneakers, so her sound is quiet (voice off). Arms out when you make this sound for balance!

Here's the noisy tongue dancer! He wears tap shoes because his sound is loud (voice on)

Oh, no! Freddy's lips are on fire! He bites his bottom lip and blows softly to put the fire out. Fan your face as you make this quiet lip biting sound. (voices off).

Victor also bites his bottom lip to make his sound, but he likes to scare people. He is very loud (voices on).

This boy loves wearing ties, but they tickle his throat. He quietly clears his throat to make his sound (voice off).

This girl loves to gulp her grape juice! She is very noisy when she makes her sound (voice on).

This quiet air hissing sound is made when you smile! Just push out a little bit of air through your closed teeth.

If you make the sound when you zip up your coat, you are making the sound of the letter Zz! Turn your voice on to make this noisy air sound.