Phonic Songs: y, x, ch, sh, th

Song of /y/ : (Tune:Apples and Bananas)
I like to eat, eat, eat
yogurt and bananas.
I like to eat, eat, eat
yogurt and bananas.
I like to eat, eat, eat
yogurt and bananas
/y/-/y/-/y/-/y/-/y/!
Action: Pretend to eat yogurt from a spoon.

Song of /x/ : (Tune: Skip to My Lou)
/ks/-/ks/! Take an x-ray.
/ks/-/ks/! Take an x-ray.
/ks/-/ks/! Take an x-ray
-x-ray of my hand!
Action: Pretend to take an x-ray with an x-ray camera.

Song of /ch/ : (Tune: Merrily We Roll Along)
Trains are chugging
up the hill.
/ch/-/ch/-/ch/,
/ch/-/ch/-/ch/.
Trains are chugging
up the hill.
/ch/-/ch/-/ch/
choo, choo!
Action: Move your arms at your sides, as if you are a train.

Song of /sh/ : (Tune: Where, Oh Where, has My Little Dog Gone?)
Hush! Hush! Hush!
Don't make a sound.
Be as quiet
as you can be.
The baby's asleep
and I'm tired out.
Sh! /sh/-/sh/-/sh/-/sh/!
Action : Put your finger on the lip

Song of /th/ : (Tune: Did You Ever See a Lassie?)
Did you ever hear
a rude clown
make this sound
and that sound?
Did you ever hear
a rude clown
say /th/-/th/,/th/-/th/?
Action: Pretend to be a rude clown and stick out your tongue a little for th (as in this), and further for th (as in thumb)

Phonic Songs : z, w, ng, v, oo

Song of /z/ : (Tune: Did You Ever See a Lassie?)
Did you ever hear
a bee buzz,
a bee buzz,
a bee buzz?
Did you ever hear
a bee buzz,
"/zzz/!" , like this?
Action: Put your arms out at your sides and flap them like a bee

Song of /w/ :  (Tune: He's Got the Whole World in His Hands)
I see the clouds moving,
/w/-/w/-/w/.
I see the kites flying,
/w/-/w/-/w/.
I see the tress bending,
/w/-/w/-/w/.
The wind is blowing strong!
Action: Blow onto your open hand, as if you are the wind.

Song of /ng/ : (Tune: If You're Happy and You Know It)
If you're strong and you know it,
say "/ng!"
If you're strong and you know it,
say "/ng!"
If you're strong and you know it,
and you really want to show it...
If you're strong and you know it,
say "/ng!"
Action: Imagine you are a weightlifter, and pretend to lift a heavy weight above your head

Song of /v/ : (Tune: Go In and Out the Windows)
Drive Vic's van
round the village
Drive Vic's van
round the village
Drive Vic's van
round the village
-/v/-/v/-/v/-/v/-/v/!
Action: Pretend to be drivng along in a van

Song of /oo/ : (Tune: Go In and Out the Windows)
Who wants to
be a cuckoo?
Who wants to
be a cuckoo?
Who wants to
be a cuckoo?
/oo/-/oo/,/oo/-/oo/,/oo/-/oo/!
Action: Move your head back and forth, like the cuckoo in a cuckoo clock

Phonic Songs : ai, j, oa, ie, ee, or

Song of /ai/ : (Tune : Camptown Races)
My ear hurt.
I was in pain.
/ai/ ? /ai/ ?
My ear hurt.
I was in pain.
What did you try to say?
Action : Cup your hand over your ear, as if you are hard of hearing and say ai ai ai?

Song of /j/ : (Tune : Jingle Bells)
Jelly and jam, jelly and jam.
Jiggling on the plate.
Oh, what will I eat with it?
/j/ /j/ /j/ /j/ /j/
Action : Pretend to wobble on a plate, and say j, j, j, j.

Song of /oa/ : (Tune : The Muffin Man)
Oh, did you see the billy goat?
/oa/ /oa/ /oa/ /oa/ /oa/ /oa/
Oh, did you see the billy goat,
under the old oak tree?
Action : Bring a hand over your mouth, as if something has gone wrong, and say oh!

Song of /ie/ : (Tune : The Farmer in the Dell)
The captain said, " /ie/ /ie/" !
The captain said, " /ie/ /ie/" !
"Stand up straight! Don't be late!"
The captain said, " /ie/ /ie/" !
Action : Stand to attention and salute, say ie ie!

Song of /ee/ /or/ : (Tune : Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
See the donkey in its stall.
"eeyore~  /ee/ /or/"
is its call.
Action: Put your hands on your head, and flap them up and down like the ears of a donkey, saying eeyore, eeyore.

Phonic Songs : g o u f l b

Song of /g/: (Tune : Jimmy Crack Corn)
The water gurgles down the drain.
The water gurgles down the drain.
The water gurgles down the drain,
with a /g/ /g/ /g/ /g/ /g/.
Action: Spiral your hand down, as if water is gurgling down a drain, and say g, g, g, g, g.
Song of /o/ : (Tune : Old MacDonald)
Now it's dark, the lights go on.
/o/ /o/ /o/ /o/ /o/
Time for bed, the lights go off!
/o/ /o/ /o/ /o/ /o/.
Action: Pretend to turn a light switch on and off, and say o, o, o, o.
Song of /u/ : (Tune : Skip to My Lou)
/ u/-/u/ up go umbrellas.
/u/-/u/ up go umbrellas.
/u/-/u/ up go umbrellas...
when it starts to rain!
Action : Keep one hand steady and raise the other, as if raising an umbrella, and say u, u, u, u.

Song of /f/ : (Tune : Old MacDonald)
My friends and I went to the beach
with my floating fish.
It got a hole...
The air came out!
/ffff/!
Action : Let your hands come together gently, as if an inflatable fish is deflating and say ffffffff.

Song of /l/ : (Tune : The Farmer in the Dell)
We lick our lollipops.
We lick our lollipops.
/l/ /l/ /l/ /l/
We lick our lollipops.
Action : Pretend to lick a lollipop, and say llll.


Song of /b/ : (Tune : Camptown Races)
Bring your bat and bring your ball.
/b/! /b/!
Bring your bat and bring your ball,
to the park to play.
Action : Pretend to hit a ball with a bat, and say b, b, b, b.

Phonic Songs - /c/ /k/ /h/ /r/ /m/ /d/

Song of /c/ : (Tune : She'll be Coming Round the Mountain)
We are clicking castanets,/c/-/c/-/c/.
We are clicking castanets./c/-/c/-/c/.
We are clicking castanets, clicking castanets.......
we are clicking castanets,/c/-/c/-/c/.
(Action : Raise your hands and snap your fingers together, as if playing castanets)

Song of /e/ : (Tune : Skip to My Lou)
Eggs in the pan, /e/-/e/-/e/.
Eggs in the pan, /e/-/e/-/e/.
Eggs in the pab, /e/-/e/-/e/.
Crack the egg like this... /e/!
(Action : Pretend to crack an egg and use both hands to open the shell)

Song of /h/ : (Tune : Apples and Bananas)
I like to hop, hop,hop,
up and down
I like to hop, hop, hop,
all around.
I like to hop, hop, hop,
up and down -/h/-/h/-/h/-/h/-/h/!
(Action : Hold a hand up to your mouth, panting as if you are out of breath)

Song of /r/ : (Tune : The Muffin Man)
See my puppy rip the rag.
/rrr/! /rrr/!
See my puppy rip the rag,
when he pulls so hard.
(Action : Pretend to be a puppy pulling the rag)

Song of /m/ : (Tune: The Wheels on The Bus)
The mum and the dad
make many meals.
/mmm/ /mmm/
The mum and the dad
make many meals.
For their hungry children.
(Action : Rubbing tummy as if you just have a good meal)

Song of /d/ : (Tune:This Old Man)
See me play on my drum.
Playing drum is lots of fun.
With a /d/ /d/ /d/ /d/,
/d/ /d/ /d/ /d/ /d/.
Playing drum is lots of fun.
(Action: Pretend to be playing a drum)

Phonic Songs - /s/ /a/ /t/ /i/ /p/ /n/

Song of /s/ : (Tune: Farmer in the Dell)
The snake is in the grass.
The snake is in the grass.
/s/ /s/ /s/
The snake is in the grass.
(Action : Weave your hand in an 'S' shape.)



Song of /a/ : (Tune : Skip to My Lou)
/a/ /a/ Ants on my arm.
/a/ /a/ Ants on my arm.
/a/ /a/ Ants on my arm.
They're causing me alarm.
(Action : Wriggle your fingers above your arm, as if ants are crawling on you.)


Song of /t/ : (Tune : The Muffin Man)
When I watch the tennis game,
/t/ /t/ /t/,/t/ /t/ /t/...
When I watch the tennis game,
my head goes back and forth.
(Action : Turn your head from side to side, as if you are watching a tennis game)



Song of /i/ : (Tune : Hickory Dickory Dock)
Inky the mouse is my pet.
She spilled the ink and got wet.
The ink it spread all over the desk
/i/ /i/ /i/ Inky's wet!
(Action : Wriggle your fingers at the end of your nose, like whiskers.)



Song of /p/ : (Tune : The Wheels on the Bus)
Puff out the candles on the pink pig cake.
/p/ /p/ /p/,/p/ /p/ /p/.
Puff out the candles on the pink pig cake.
Puff! Puff! Puff!
(Action : Place your index finger in front of your mouth and pretend to puff out the 'candle'.)



Song of /n/ : (Tune : Skip to My Lou)
Hear the aeroplane,/nnn/!
Hear the aeroplane,/nnn/!
Hear the aeroplane,/nnn/!...
Making lots of noise.
(Action : Pretend to be an aeroplane, with your arms out like wings)