Secret Stories
Secret Stories
Kids who know the Secrets understand that friendships between letters can change how they behave when they get together in words.
For example, the vowels behave differently when they’re hanging out on their own, versus when Mommy E® or the Babysitter Vowels® are nearby. Kids as young as pre-K and kindergarten can understand that Mommy and the Babysitters are the “triggers” for determining whether or a vowel will be “short and lazy” or use its superpowers to say its name—even in long, multisyllabic words!
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Better Alphabet song
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Training the lips, tongue, and teeth of the Alphabet.
Digraph song
a combination of two letters representing one sound, as in ph and ey
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Diphthong
a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another (as in coin, loud, and side ).
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Blend
A consonant blend is when two or more consonants are blended together, but each sound may be heard in the blend. The most common beginning consonant blends include: bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fr, tr, fl, gl, gr, pl, pr, sl, sm, sp and st. Blends can also occur at the end of words as in the word “last
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