Today we're working on the "ph" sound in words like "phone" or "photo."
Rhyme It
Parents, read the following words out loud. Then ask your child which one does NOT rhyme with the others?
phone iPad stone ------------------------------- Say It Have your child point to the "ph" sound and say it three times (just like the "f" sound): ph
ph
ph
------------------------------- Blend It Have your child read these words: phonics
alphabet
phone
telephone
Steph
Ralph
Daphne
Joseph
dolphin
elephant
Read It
Have your child read the passage below.
The First Telephone
On this day in 1876, a man by the name of Alexander Graham Bell got a patent for the telephone.
The first phone call was between Bell and his partner Thomas Watson. Bell said, “Mr. Watson, come here—I want to see you.” Watson was in the next room but could hear Bell over the phone.
Within the next few weeks and months, Bell would make longer and longer phone calls. With the phone, he could speak to someone who was miles away.
And that is how the first telephone was born!
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Explain It
Now have your child answer a couple questions about the story:
In your own words, what was today's story about?
Do you remember the name of the person who patented the telephone?