The sound is what count (s).I teach the alphabet as names. My name is , your name is, its name is �A � �B � �C � etc.
And what sound do they make? �B � says buh and so on.
Vowels are trickier as they even sound the same.
But in this day and age my ss they know txt messaging.
So i �ve used abreviations as �IOU � and �urgr8 � to explain the vowel sound.
The ss have to translate. After all, writing is like texting. You only use all the letters :-)
The �U � is like �You � and as such not a vowel-sound.
Don �t forget the �O � as in one. Sounds like??? Indeed, �W �. So it �s "a one dollar coin."
The silent �H � is similar, but there are not many words starting with silent �H �. Hour, heir, honest, honour (honor) are the best known.
Cheers.
Peter
