Consonant, Digraphs and Vowel Ditties
SOUND DITTY ACTION
for snake s, s, s slither hand across bodyfor nose n, n, n point to nosefor monkey m, m, m tickle under arm pitsfor tennis t, t, t play pretend tennisfor igloo i, i, i shiver with coldfor apple a, a, a munch on an applefor pencil p, p, p hold pencil and write in the airfor octopus o, o, o wave arms in the airfor banana b, b, b peel a bananafor jeans j, j, j pull on a pair of jeansfor egg e, e, e crack an eggfor duck d, d, d poke bottom out and waddlefor umbrella u, u, u hold umbrella next to headfor rabbit r, r, r make rabbit ears on top of headfor kangaroo cap c/k, c/k, c/k put on a capfor hand h, h, h shake your partner’s handfor lion l, l, l hold up claws in front of facefor guitar g, g, g play air guitarfor yo-yo y, y, y play with a yo-yofor fish f, f, f make fish with hands and swimfor violin v, v, v pretend to play the violinfor web w, w, w pull off a sticky webfor axe x, x, x chop wood with an axefor zebra z, z, z draw zebra stripes across bodyfor queen qu, qu, qu bow to the queen for cheese ch, ch, ch grate the cheesefor ship sh, sh, sh wobbly sea legsfor this & that th, th, th thumbs upfor thumb th, th, th thumbs downfor ring ng, ng, ng point to ring fingerfor treasure zh, zh, zh facial expression / big eyes
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SOUND DITTY ACTION
ay ay it’s a new day make an arc across body with armee ee buzz like a bee flap hands close to shoulders like beeie ie yummy pie rub tummy in circular motionoe oe my big fat toe point to sore toe - pained faceu_e u_e solve the cube twist rubiks cubeoo oo point to the moon make moon shape with fingeroo oo read a book pretend to open a book and reador or giddy up horse bounce while lassoing a horsear ar driving in my car hands on steering wheel and driveair air cut my hair (gasp) pretend to cut hair with scissorsir ir fly like a bird fly like a bird with big graceful armsear ear I can’t hear cup hand to earow ow milk the cow pretend to milk a cowoy oy there’s my toy point to pretend toy (said excitedly)aw aw clean my paw rub cheek with back of hand like cat
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These are the ditties and actions for the eCode sounds. Video training is available with Module 1 purchase.
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* This sound/ditty/action is for the American dialect.
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aeCode Vowels and Complex Vowels
eCode Consonants and Digraphs
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c k
t
d
v
f
w
g
x
h
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j
z
l
ch
m
sh
n
th
p
th
qu
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zh
oo
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oo
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or
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ear
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air
ie
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u_e
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