The next letter sound to teach is the
sound as in sky, fly, butterfly, eye etc. The stripe above the
shows your student that it is long sounding. The short sounding letter 'y' has
a semi-circle above it, as in yak;
Step 1:
Quickly review the previous letters learned.
Pronounce words beginning with those sounds.
Show the coloured letter cards.
Step 2:
If you are a member of our ABC course copy and print: letter 'y' in colour
Step 3:
Show the letter 'y' to your student and pronounce the sound several times.
Ask the student to repeat the letter sound several times.
Pronounce words that begin with the 'y' sound (sky, try, fly, why, buy ....).
Step 4:
If you are a member of our ABC course copy, print and complete the following worksheets in order:
letter y worksheet
the letter y
the letter Y
'alternative letter'
Review number 8