A Floor for 
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!
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.)
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.)
