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We make this sound by placing the tongue tip on the roof of the mouth, right behind the upper front teeth, building up air pressure right around that spot, and then releasing the tongue to make a little puff of air. That sound should be very airy and not sound like a whole syllable, (e.g."tuh"). Some fun ways to practice this sound at the ends of words are:
We make this sound by placing the tongue tip on the roof of the mouth, right behind the upper front teeth, building up air pressure right around that spot, and then releasing the tongue to make a little puff of air. That sound should be very airy and not sound like a whole syllable, (e.g."tuh"). Some fun ways to practice this sound at the ends of words are:
- Here are some easy activities for practicing this sound at home or while you're traveling around during the day:.In pretend play with your child, play like you're going out on Halloween night & practice saying "Trick or Treat!!" . Emphasize the final airy /t/ sound when it's your turn to be the trick or treater.
- When you get back from trick or treating ( for real or pretend) name the things you got with a carrier phrase “I/we got”, e’g’, “we got candy corn”, “I got gumballs”.
- When you're in our car or walking through the neighborhood, see if you can find different things to the count of 8. For example, "Can we find 8 bats on our street? 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8! What about 8 pumpkins?"
- "I have it!" catch game- use something easy to catch and each person says "I have it!" when they catch it
Core Vocabulary Words- it, what, put, get, out, want, eat, wait, light, quiet, night, cut
Line-up cheer -Teacher: Zip it! Lock it! Students: Put it in your pocket!
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Slide show- /t/ final
Some favorite songs with this sound...
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