Sound Associations


/m/ humming or /mmmm...mmmm/good sound from Campbell's soup

/p/ quiet motor boat, popcorn popping, motor scooter sound

/b/ babbling brook, blowing bubbles, bouncing ball

/w/ ceiling fan, "wee, wee, wee" (all the way home)

/wh/ blowing sound, like blowing out a candle

/h/ "ha, ha, ha" laughing, a big sigh, or huff (and puff)

/t/ ticking clock or metronome

/d/ pecking woodpecker or tractor sound

/n/ neighing horse, or mosquito

/ng/ ringing bell sound (like gong....)

/k/ cough or cawing crow

/g/ emptying water jug or gurgling baby sound

/y/ "yippee" cowboy; yipping coyote sound; or yippee expression like y with standing figure and arms up and spread making a Y shape

/f/ mad cat or "fee-fie-fo-fum"

/v/ big black fly sound, or car starting "vvvvroom"

/sh/ be quiet!

/zh/ electric razor, hair clipper, vacuum cleaner

/l/ "la-la-la" or humming telephone wire sound

/th/ "tickles my tongue sound" like in (them)

/th/ spitting mad goose sound (like in thumb)

/r/ crowing rooster, fire engine, roaring t-REX, motorcycle

/s/ hissing snake, or leaking tire sound

/z/ buzzing bee sound

/ch/ chugging choo choo train sound

/j/ large diesel train or Jack and Jill sound

/ee/ squeaky 'ee' (mouse), or squeaky 'ea' (blackboard scrape)

/s/ /t/ (st) stop sign shape with st in center of sign

/b/ /r/ (br) shivering letters; cold snowy letters

aw or au - Doctor letters (a Doctor says, "Say ah!") Dr. aw, Dr. au

silent e - bully 'e' - makes the vowel says its own name when it comes at the end. Then it is silent.

 

 


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