💡 Letter Sounds — Fun Facts

The "sh" sound is made by two letters teaming up together.

S and H each have their own sound, but side by side they make one new sound: "shhh," like asking for quiet.

The letter Y can act like a vowel, as in the word "sky."

Most of the time Y is a consonant, but sometimes it does a vowel's job. It is a letter with two jobs!

The letter B makes the first sound in "ball" and "banana."

Press your lips together and pop them open to make the "buh" sound. Lots of fun words start with B!

When you blend letter sounds together, you can read a whole word.

Say "c-a-t" slowly, then faster, and you hear "cat." Blending sounds is a reading superpower.

Some letters, like C, can make more than one sound.

C sounds hard in "cat" but soft in "city." Sneaky letter! You learn which sound to use by reading lots.

The letter S makes a soft hissing sound, like a snake saying "sss."

Try it! Hold the sound and it hisses like a snake. It is the first sound in "sun" and "sock."

Each letter of the alphabet makes its own sound.

When you say the sounds one after another, they join up to make a word. That is how reading works!