These fun card game videos demonstrate how to use the Letters to Language™ Power Prompts while guiding students through the decoding process. They provide simple examples of prompting students to think, rather than simply giving them the answers.

Take time to reflect on and discuss the fun, imaginative reasons behind each letter's direction. These playful stories help students understand why a letter looks the way it does, making directionality more meaningful, memorable, and easier to recall.

Encourage your student to think through the reasoning behind the stories. Questions such as, "Why doesn't Ff keep his fangs in the back?” "Why do the Dd’s put there bellies in opposite directions?” help students build understanding through logic and imagination rather than memorization alone.

• The Capital letter Dd keeps his huge belly in the back - so it doesn’t look as big.

• The lowercase letter Dd- wants his belly to look bigger -to look mor like his Daddy. So he sticks in out in the front.

• The letters Ee keep their mouths in the back - so that no one will see their chewed food ( remember they are not able to close their mouths all the way.

• The letters Ff put their fangs in the back so as to not frighten folks.

Use the “Magic Vowel String” or use a string (16” -18”long).

 It is important to move the string in sync with what you are saying.  “This is for the Long sound” (horizontally stretched out). “This is for the Short sound” (bring it in a bit curved down in the middle).

 It is important to say the rhythmic tune in sync with the movement of the string. “Long sound – Short sound’’. “Long sound – Short sound’’.