Getting Ready J

This video is made for kids, so your child can watch it with you. It's also a good model for how to teach these skills.

Getting Ready J

What this lesson is about

A review of everything, with all the consonants and vowels. This is a good point to see what your child feels confident about after exploring this unit.

Try it

  • Pick sounds out of a bag or off cards and model each sound, then let your child copy or notice how it feels. Naming where a sound is made is optional.
  • Play "buzz or no buzz" with any ten sounds.
  • Choose a favorite sound and make up silly words that start with it.

Letters this lesson

  • Y: Slant down to the middle, make another slant to meet it, then go straight down.
  • Z: Across the top, slant down to the bottom left, then across the bottom.