Consonant, Digraphs and Vowel Ditties SOUND DITTY ACTION for snake s, s, s slither hand across body for nose n, n, n point to nose for monkey m, m, m tickle under arm pits for tennis t, t, t play pretend tennis for igloo i, i, i shiver with cold for apple a, a, a munch on an apple for pencil p, p, p hold pencil and write in the air for octopus o, o, o wave arms in the air for banana b, b, b peel a banana for jeans j, j, j pull on a pair of jeans for egg e, e, e crack an egg for duck d, d, d poke bottom out and waddle for umbrella u, u, u hold umbrella next to head for rabbit r, r, r make rabbit ears on top of head for kangaroo cap c/k, c/k, c/k put on a cap for hand h, h, h shake your partner’s hand for lion l, l, l hold up claws in front of face for guitar g, g, g play air guitar for yo-yo y, y, y play with a yo-yo for fish f, f, f make fish with hands and swim for violin v, v, v pretend to play the violin for web w, w, w pull off a sticky web for axe x, x, x chop wood with an axe for zebra z, z, z draw zebra stripes across body for queen qu, qu, qu bow to the queen for cheese ch, ch, ch grate the cheese for ship sh, sh, sh wobbly sea legs for this & that th, th, th thumbs up for thumb th, th, th thumbs down for ring ng, ng, ng point to ring finger for treasure zh, zh, zh facial expression / big eyes s n m t i a p o b j e d u r c/k h l g y f v w x z qu ch sh th th ng zh SOUND DITTY ACTION ay ay it’s a new day make an arc across body with arm ee ee buzz like a bee flap hands close to shoulders like bee ie ie yummy pie rub tummy in circular motion oe oe my big fat toe point to sore toe - pained face u_e u_e solve the cube twist rubiks cube oo oo point to the moon make moon shape with finger oo oo read a book pretend to open a book and read or or giddy up horse bounce while lassoing a horse ar ar driving in my car hands on steering wheel and drive air air cut my hair (gasp) pretend to cut hair with scissors ir ir fly like a bird fly like a bird with big graceful arms ear ear I can’t hear cup hand to ear ow ow milk the cow pretend to milk a cow oy oy there’s my toy point to pretend toy (said excitedly) aw aw clean my paw rub cheek with back of hand like cat ay ee ie oe u_e oo oo or ar air ir ear ow oy aw* These are the ditties and actions for the eCode sounds. Video training is available with Module 1 purchase. www.theliteracycollective.com * This sound/ditty/action is for the American dialect. ©2019 The Literacy Collective