Watch the video a few times before you try to name the fruit. We hope you enjoy the story.

This video teaches rhyme. Relax and watch the video a few times without trying to say the words. This is so that you can learn.

This video is for practicing the skill of blending sounds to hear a word. It is a prerequisite skill for reading and this kind of practice is very helpful in improving the skill. This type of practice (Junior Infants or children who struggle reading 3 letter words) can also be done informally at home using sentences like "where is the c-u-p", 'put this in the b-i-n please", "show me your n-o-se" etc, breaking words into their phonemes or distinct units of sound.

This video helps children to practice blending the sounds of 3-4 letter words to read the word. When children start to find this task easy turn the sound off and read the words. Later,  read the word without sounding the letters aloud. The children think of the sounds in their mind and then read the word. This helps to get out of the 'sounding out when it's no longer needed' habit . When this becomes easy, try to make up a sentence about the word before the picture appears.

Not mentioned in the video: Double letters only make one sound which is why there is a line under them instead of a dot. C and K can make the same sound so when they are together it's like double letters, making only one sound.

If your child finds the blending of the letters difficult watch the Phonological Awareness: 'What Word Can You Hear' Video which has no words to read so the blending skill is easier to master.

This video has been made to teach the silent/magic e rule. It is a practice video and intended for frequent use to master the rule. To begin with:

Every vowel has at least 2 sounds.

The short sound you learned in Junior Infants and the long sound which is the same as its name.

When short words of between 4-6 letters end with the letter e it is usually a silent e. It makes no sound. But the vowel that comes before it says its name.

Practise reading the words on the video and try to guess the word after a silent e has been added to it. Pause the video while you are thinking, to give you time.

Can you see how the short sound in the word has changed to a long sound after the silent e was added? That's why we sometimes call it a magic e. Because it changes the other vowel sound, a bit like a magic trick.

NB. Not mentioned in the video. It is important to know the name of the letters g and c because they also have 2 sounds and the clue to the 2nd sound is in the name. When you say the name G you hear its other sound which is the same as the j sound. When you say the name C you hear its other sound which is the same as the s sound.

Tip* When words have a G or C  followed by i or e, even a silent e the G or C make their other sounds like j or s.

like: ice, nice, face.     and age,  giant, huge 

Don't worry about that for now. It takes a lot of practice to learn new things. 

Watch this video often and try to guess what the next word is with the silent e added. Pause the video to give you time to work it out. When you are ready to try something harder, turn the sound on the video off and read the words without the silent e and pause the video to say what the next word will be. Have fun learning. Remember, be happy with your mistakes.. they are your helpers, helping you to learn. 😀  .