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Block Challenge 8
The Fifth 2-Sound List: Short i, Short e

Two-Sound List 5

  • Use this list for the ‘What Changed: First or Last’ challenge.
  • You can pick words from this list any time you need 2-sound words.

This list emphasizes the tricky short vowel sounds
i (ih) as in igloo, and e (eh) as in elephant
to give the child extra opportunity to hear them clearly.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 20 STEPS

  • This list uses all 'stretchy' sounds (the easiest kind).
  • Each word on the list is one sound different from the one above it.
  • The child figures out which sound changed: First or Last?
  • If you go through the whole list, you will end up where you began. Fun!

prefrain

1. Ask the child to show you with blocks: ‘eh.’ (eh = 1 block)

2. If that says ‘eh’ . . . show me ‘edge.’ (e-dge = 2 blocks)
(Child adds a second block.)

3. If that says ‘edge’ . . . show me ‘Ed.’ (E-d)
(Child changes the second block.)

4. If that says ‘Ed’ . . . show me ‘et.’ (e-t) as in etc.
(Child changes the second block.)

5. If that says ‘et’ . . . show me ‘ess.’ (e-sss) name of S
(Child changes the second block.)

6. If that says ‘ess’ . . . show me ‘eff.’ (e-fff) name of F
(Child changes the second block.)

7. If that says ‘eff’ . . . show me ‘emm.’ (e-mmm) name of M
(Child changes the second block.)

8. If that says ‘emm’ . . . show me ‘mmm.’ (mmm)
(Child removes the first block.)

9. If that says ‘mmm’ . . . show me ‘ma.’ (m-ah) as in mama
(Child adds a second block.)

10. If that says ‘mah’ . . . show me ‘fah.’ (f-ah) as in father
(Child changes the first block.)

11. If that says ‘fah’ . . . show me ‘la.’ (l-ah)
(Child changes the first block.)

12. If that says 'la' . . . show me 'sa.' (s-ah)
(Child changes the first block.)

13. If that says ‘sa’ . . . show me ‘sih.’ (s-ih) as in sip
(Child changes the second block.)

14. If that says ‘sih’ . . . show me ‘rih.’ (r-ih) as in rib
(Child changes the first block.)

15. If that says ‘rih’ . . . show me ‘zih.’ (z-ih) as in zipper
(Child changes the first block.)

16. If that says ‘zih’ . . . show me ‘wih’ (w-ih) as in win
(Child changes the first block.)

17. If that says ‘wih’ . . . show me ‘weh.’ (w-eh) as in wet
(Child changes the second block.)

18. If that says ‘weh’ . . . show me ‘veh.’ (v-eh) as in vet
(Child changes the first block.)

19. If that says ‘veh’ . . . show me ‘sheh.’ (sh-eh) as in shed
(Child changes the first block.)

20. If that says ‘sheh’ . . . show me ‘eh.’ (eh = 1 block)
(Child removes the first block.)