Simply Clap out while saying the words, “shy snake” 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 ‘sss’ sound comes from air pushing through tightly closed teeth.

The throat vibrates with this sound.

[Remember, the letter Cc makes the same sound when she gets scared whenever, one of the letters Ii, Ee or Yy stands behind it.]

(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:

  Ss is a shy snake that keeps her head in the back (turn towards the back with your head looking down), body in the front (motion with hand). And there is her tail! (hold your foot up )

• The Small Letter:

  She looks the same as her Mom just smaller. She too is a shy snake that keeps her head in the back (turn towards the back with your head looking down), body in the front (motion with hand). And there is her tail! (hold your foot up )