Ww
consonant 10 · lips
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 soundsPlace
Both lips, rounded
Manner
Glide
Voice
Voiced
Air
Through the mouth
Before you start
W is oo in a hurry. If oo comes out, W is very close.
Make a kiss mouth, like for oo.
Now open it into ah, quickly: oo-ah, oo-ah.
Faster, until it becomes wa, wa, wa.
One
4 steps. Listen to them, or use the arrows to go at your own pace.
The lips round and push forward, like for oo
The tongue rises at the back
The voice turns on
The lips open into the next vowel: w
Two
The same mouth, syllable by syllable and up close: this is the model they'll copy in the mirror.
The camera shows their mouth next to the video. Nothing is recorded or saved: it only shows, like a mirror.
Ten of each
Tap each time they say it. At ten, it moves on to the next one.
Three
English has strong and weak beats. Tap the table on the strong one as you say it. Touch a pattern to hear it.
Four
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 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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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.