Ww

consonant 10 · lips

Everything for
this sound

The activation, the inside of the mouth, a mouth up close, the beat, the reading and the sheet to print. All on this page.

Work on it here or take the printed sheet. The mirror, the activation and the syllables in the book work just as well without a screen.

See the other sounds

Place

Both lips, rounded

Manner

Glide

Voice

Voiced

Air

Through the mouth

Before you start

The activation exercise

W is oo in a hurry. If oo comes out, W is very close.

1

Make a kiss mouth, like for oo.

2

Now open it into ah, quickly: oo-ah, oo-ah.

3

Faster, until it becomes wa, wa, wa.

One

The W inside

4 steps. Listen to them, or use the arrows to go at your own pace.

The animation of the W is being drawn.
The four steps below already work.
1 of 4

The lips round and push forward, like for oo

2 of 4

The tongue rises at the back

3 of 4

The voice turns on

4 of 4

The lips open into the next vowel: w

Two

Slowly, up close

The same mouth, syllable by syllable and up close: this is the model they'll copy in the mirror.

Ten of each

Now on wa

Tap each time they say it. At ten, it moves on to the next one.

0 / 10
All five, done.
Great work, both of you.

Three

The beat

English has strong and weak beats. Tap the table on the strong one as you say it. Touch a pattern to hear it.

Four

What they can read

Only sounds they've already worked on. The words with a heart are learned by heart. Touch any of them to hear it.

To take with you

The W sheet

The two pages you use every day: practice with tally marks and tracing, and reading with the words. Print it as many times as you need.

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If something doesn't work, write to hola@rootafamily.com.
This page goes with card 10 of the book. It isn't a diagnosis and doesn't replace an assessment by a speech-language professional.