Simply Clap out while saying the words, “ex-er-cise” with your student.

It is best to use a mirror with your student to modeling the letter sound. This is to better ensure correct mouth formation. Focus on the dominant forming aspects for the sound, Placing your hand upon your throat enables you to feel if the sound is a vibrating one or not.

• The ‘ks’ sound is a blended sound of ‘k’ with ‘sss’.

The hard ‘k’ sound comes from air pushing through a tightening and relaxing throat - tongue stays down.

The ‘sss’ sound comes from air pushing through tightly closed teeth.

The throat stays still and calm with both of these sounds.

• The ‘gz’ sound is a blended sound of ‘g’ with ‘z’.

The ‘g’ sound comes from deep in your throat and your tongue stays down.

The ‘z’ sound comes from teeth tightly closed and vibrating air.

The throat vibrates with both of these sounds.

(w/Alphabet Banner)

Parent/instructor first model pointing to by touching each letter as the song is being sung. This is a fun way of using rhythm to strengthen retaining the names of the letters while building an understanding of Alphabetical Order concept as well. Be sure to clarify each time by saying, “Let’s sing the names of the letters in alphabetical order.” After a while, when the student is able, he/she then becomes the pointer to each letter as they are being sung.

Role-playing enables one to feel the shape of each letter in one’s own body. Identifying to how the letter looks and emotionally feels is yet, another way for stimulating long-term memory retainment.

[Be sure to refer to the People Line Banner for directional understanding while pretending to be the letters.]

TIPS:

• The capital Letter:

  Stand and hold and spread your arms and legs out wide. She love exercising so let’s do some ‘jumping jacks’. When I say “STOP!” we have to freeze and then let’s see who looks the most like the Letters Xx. [Start by spreading out our arms and legs and then as you jump bring your arms down to the side and legs together and repeat.] “Ready, set..GO!” [Say sound prompt while doing them.]…. “STOP! Do you look like Xx?”

• The small Letter:

  looks and acts the same way, he is just smaller. Let’s do the ‘ jumping jacks game again, shall we? “Ready, set…. GO!” [Say sound prompt while doing them.]…. “STOP!” Do you look like Xx?”