• sat, sun, sip, sock

• fan, fit, fun, fog

• van, vet, vase, vim

• zip, zoo, zap

• ship, shop, shut, shed

• thin, thud, thing

• mat, mud, map, men

• net, nap, not, nut

• wet, wig, win, wax

• yes, yam, yap, yell

• sand, melt, milk, nest

• fast, mask, went, wish

Practice saying these sounds with your child along with the video. Be sure to pronounce the sounds without any extra sounds after them, just the "pure" sound of each letter, as modelled in the video.

Very important: fluent ≠ fast

Tumblebooks (available through the public library)

Storynory - plenty of wonderful audio stories from around the world

Some question ideas:

• Who are the main characters?

• Where does the story take place?

• What happens at the beginning, middle, and end?

• What is the problem in the story? How is it solved?

• What is your favorite part? Why?

• Does anything in the story remind you of something from your own life?

• What lesson or message does the author want you to learn?

Somebody

Wanted

But

So

Then

Here's an example:

S – Cinderella
W – Wanted to attend the King’s ball.
B – But Cinderella’s stepmother forced her to do chores to keep her from going.
S – So, her Fairy Godmother helped her do the chores and get her to the ball.
T – Then she met her Prince Charming.