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05/14/2025

🌟 Letter of the Day: Tt 🌟
👂 Sound: /t/

T is for...
🦃 Turkey
🌳 Tree
🚂 Train
🍅 Tomato

Let's learn the letter Tt today!
The letter Tt makes the /t/ sound, like in tree, turkey, train, and tomato.

🎯 Practice Tip for Parents:
Have your child look around your home or outside and point to things that start with Tt. Try saying the words together and emphasize the /t/ sound at the beginning.

✨ Learning letters and sounds helps young readers build strong foundations for reading and writing success!

05/12/2025

🌟 Alphabet Adventures: Letter Ss 🌟
/s/ is for snake, sun, smile and sock!

This week, we’re learning all about the letter Ss. It makes the /s/ sound like in sunshine and sand. Try saying the sound with your child and practice spotting things around the house that start with /s/!

🎯 Parent Tip: Practice writing the uppercase S and lowercase s in sand or salt for a fun sensory activity!

🎨 Words that begin with Ss (write our the letters and stretch our the sounds):

Snake

Sun

Smile

Sock

👶 Perfect for: Early readers, preschool, and kindergarten learners.

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05/07/2025

Letter of the Day: Rr
Phonetic Sound: /r/

👂 Can you hear the /r/ sound in these words?

🎨 Visualize these fun Rr words:
🧢 A rainbow stretching across the sky
🐀 A sneaky little rat
🤖 A friendly robot
🌹 A red blooming rose

🗣️ Practice Tip:
Say the sound /r/ slowly and feel your tongue curl slightly back inside your mouth—great for building clear pronunciation!

🏠 At Brickhouse English Tutors, we make early learning engaging and joyful. Our alphabet series helps kids connect letters to sounds, words, and ideas in a fun and memorable way.

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05/07/2025

📚 Letter of the Day: Qq
✨ /kw/ is for Queen, Quilt, Quail and Quarter!

Let’s quietly explore the letter Qq!
This special letter is almost always followed by the letter u, and together they make the sound /kw/—like in quiet or quack!

🔤 Phonics Focus: /kw/
👑 Examples:

A queen wears a crown.

A quilt is cozy and warm.

A quail is a small, round bird.

A quarter is worth $0.25

🎨 Learning Tip: Practice writing Q and q in the air with your finger! It’s a fun way to help little ones remember the shape and sound.

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05/05/2025

📚 Letter of the Day: Pp
Let’s practice the sound of the letter Pp!

🔤 Pp makes the sound /p/ – like a puff of air when you say “pop!”

👂 Can you say /p/? Try it while tapping your lips!
This is a voiceless sound – that means your voice box doesn’t vibrate when you say it.

🎨 Today’s image shows some fun things that start with /p/ (but no sight words!):
🧸 A playful puppet
🥧 A piping-hot pie
🐖 A pink pig
🌼 A plump petal

👶 Perfect for preschoolers and early readers!

📘 Learning phonics helps children connect sounds to letters – the first step in becoming a confident reader.

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05/02/2025

📚 Letter of the Day: Oo
👂 Sound Focus: /o/ (as in octopus, olive, on)

👧👦 Today we’re exploring the open, round sound of the letter Oo — say it with us: /o/!

💡 Learning Together:
The short /o/ sound is made with an open mouth and relaxed lips. It’s one of the first vowel sounds young readers learn to recognize and say. Try making the sound while pointing to your mouth in a mirror — it’s a great way for kids to connect sound to shape!

🎨 Encourage your child to listen for the /o/ sound in simple, everyday words and practice saying it slowly and clearly.

🧠 Parent Tip:
Phonemic awareness is key for reading success! Spend just a few minutes a day saying and stretching vowel sounds with your child. Repetition builds confidence — and confidence builds readers!

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05/01/2025

🔠 Letter of the Day: Nn
Sound: /n/ – like the beginning sound in nnn-ose or nnn-est

🧠 Phonics Focus:
/n/ is a nasal sound made by pressing your tongue to the top of your mouth and humming through your nose. It’s soft, smooth, and a little tickly!

🎵 Try it:
Say /n/ and feel the vibration in your nose!
Hold it like a hum: /nnnnn/

👨‍👩‍👧 Learning Together Tip:
Parents, help your child isolate the /n/ sound by:
- Touching their nose while humming /n/
- Making a “nose game”: touch your nose every time you hear the /n/ sound in a story
- Drawing or pointing out things that start with /n/ (like a nest, net, or noodle)—but *don’t name them*, just practice the sound!

Focusing on phonemic awareness—not memorizing words—builds the foundation for strong readers.

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04/30/2025

📘 Letter of the Day: Mm
🔤 Sound: /m/ (like the beginning sound in moon or map)

👂 Say it together:
“Mm says /m/, a humming sound: /mmmm/—you can feel your lips closed and your voice buzzing!”

🧠 Parent Tip: (Marker, Whiteboard, ready readers!)
To practice the /m/ sound, gently close your lips together and hum.
Encourage your child to touch their lips while they say /m/ to feel the vibration. Sensory cues help strengthen sound awareness!

🎶 Learning Together:

Hum like a motor: /mmmm/ while pretending to drive a car

Try the /m/ sound with differnet vowels: /m/ /æ/, /m/ /i/, /m/ /ɪ/, etc.

Practice smiling while making the /m/ sound to keep it light and happy!

Daily practice builds confidence—and confident readers!

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