Preschool · Reading · week 19

P B and R with puffs and rumbles

Learn three new sounds together: P (puh), B (buh), and R (rrr), noticing how your mouth moves for each.

Three new sounds this week! P says puh -- feel a little puff of air. B says buh -- a softer puff. R says rrr -- a rumble like a growling engine.

Put your hand in front of your mouth. Puh puffs air out. Buh barely does. Rrr just rumbles.

📋 For the teacher

Teach it (10–15 min):

Teach the three sounds in separate short bursts rather than all at once; return to each a few times through the week.
Use the hand-in-front-of-mouth trick to feel the puff of air for P versus the smaller puff for B.
Growl playfully for R -- a silly tiger or motor-engine growl works well.
Mix all three together only after each feels comfortable alone.

Talk about it:

Mastery looks like: They can produce the P, B, and R sounds and correctly sort a few familiar words by which of the three they start with.

Common stumbles: Mixing up the similar-feeling P and B; swallowing the R sound instead of rumbling it clearly.

Records attendance + 15 min of Reading for this learner.