Walk around your home with your grown-up. Find something that ends with lll, like bell. Find something that ends with sss. Say each word slowly. Count its sounds.
HUNT CHECK
Read the question.
Tap your answer.
How many sounds in bell?
Which word ends with ss?
Which word ends with zz?
Which word ends with ff?
Draw a bee that says buzz.
For a grown-up
Count sounds on fingers together: bell is three. Show that each double pair is one sound. Go slowly. Calm practice helps it stick.
Happy hunting! See you next week on the Sound Trail.