teach wh kindergarten

Children expect the letters of their ABCs to have only one sound each. Your child knows that letter w has the sound that comes at the start of wave and wasp. We are going to start there.

Ask your child to print letter w. Talk about things that start with w: wagon, waffle, walk, walrus, wart hog, wasp, water, wave, will, with, weasel. 

Tell your child that just as he works in a team sometimes, like carrying the other end of a small table, or a chair - that is teamwork - our ABC letters also work in teams.

When wh are standing side-by-side, wh work in a team that sounds like whale, whip, white, whizz, whisper, and wheel.

If you blow on your fingers, you feel and hear the sound the wh team makes.

Blow on your fingers as you and your child say: whisper, whistle, whale, wham, what, whacky, where, whip, wheel, wheat, while, whine, white, whiff, whirl, whiz. 

Tell your child to say with you: which    and    witch.

Did one of those words use the wh team and one used letter w by itself? 
Do you blow on your fingers for each word? Which    and    witch?
Say the two words until your child can hear the difference.

Which word needs to be printed with w by itself?  (witch)  Print witch and say it several times.

Which word needs to be printed with wh? (which)  Print which and say it several times.

Look for wh words as you read stories together.

I have created a few books to help your child get the best possible start with reading. I use ebay as my website. Search Instant Reading Help all my books will pop up.  Scroll down to see the Panda book. It teaches easy special rules for printing the important letters b, d, g, p, and q. After that it teaches many early reading lessons. All books include my contact info; email or call for help.
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