How To Pronounce The 26 Letter Sounds

Knowing how to pronounce the 26 letter sounds correctly is one of the most important steps in teaching your little one how to read. In this video, I'll go over each sound and give you tips on what to avoid to set you and your child up for success!

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[Houstonspolo]

As a single father who is illiterate ( don’t judge school was never for me I’m a work horse) school is very important to my little boy so this helps so much

[Alicewoods]

Your video is amazing! And yes ...I'm a mother who's English is my second language so a lot of these sounds are different for me....Thanks to your video I can do a better job teaching my kid the alfabet and the phonetics ...thanks a lot

[LoudlyListen]

Jumped over here from instagram so I could fix the addition of “uh” to the end of my letters. Thank you for this simple content!

[arianabananac]

Spencer, this is so incredibly helpful! I am originally from Ecuador and moved to the US when I was 17. I learned to write and read in English back in Ecuador but struggled to speak for the first few years. Fast forward, I have very little accent now. I graduated from college with a BA in Journalism and I am now homeschooling my 5-year-old. I have definitely mispronounced some of these and sometimes I struggle myself. But this video gave me huge confidence! THANK YOU!

[reneilwembatha]

Oh it really makes so much sense to make them shorter instead of adding the “a” at the end.. I am starting our journey with my little girls. Thank you so much

[daryl_s]

I really appreciate your method. Phonics is so often taught imprecisely or lazily. You are one of the very few teachers I have ever encountered that teaches letter sounds exactly the same way I do. As a teacher of English, a teacher-trainer and the owner of an English school, I have had to train hundreds of English teachers and thousands of students to unlearn what they have been teaching/learning. Once you master the correct sounds, reading becomes much less confusing. Liked and subscribed.

[vivz]

I recently purchased your sound cards! They are a wonderful tool to teach letter sounds to my boys. Thank you!

[piapiabopia]

Thank you so much Spencer! I’ve definitely mispronounced a few of the letter sounds. This is so helpful.

[kimberlylopes]

Thank you Spencer! I've been using this video with a student who is new to learning English. She is struggling with shaping her mouth and positioning her tongue to make the right sounds, which makes her feel embarrassed when trying to speak. Practicing the sounds in isolation and modeling her mouth after yours has helped her to feel more confident to say words with those sounds. This has been a great help!

[PursueSnowboarding]

I purchased your sound cards for Christmas we’ve been wanting them forever. They are worth every penny. Toddler loves them and actually followed along with you in this video. 😊

[chocolatetsiru]

Actually, I'm gonna try to use your method to teach my son in español, obviously with the Spanish sounds. I'm excited to try!!! Thank you

[jsddxb]

You should have more subscribers! I love your videos! I have 3yo daughter, she loves books, and im starting to teacher her now how to read. And you are right, they should know the sounds of the letters first. Thanks!

[Laura-kvbl]

I homeschool and my 7 year old still can’t read and this is really helping us out, thank you.

[allianceinspections]

Great job on all those sounds. I do disagree with how the sound to Q is taught though. Most people teach the Q sound as KW. But just something to think about.... words like SUAVE, SUEDE, CUERVO, GUAVA, GUAR, etc etc, the U is making the W sound just as it does with Q, not the S or the C or the G. It's the U making the W sound with all these words. For the sound to Q, it's just K. And sometimes the U is silent and you're just left with only the K sound, as in LIQUOR, MOSQUE, TORQUE, etc etc. Q is just K.

[deliaadolph]

This is how South African children are taught to read in daycares and primary(grade)schools..

[artistchristinadavis]

I have been sharing this video everywhere! Thank you for providing such a great resource.

[cr]

Thank you so much for all your free content Spencer. It’s given me the confidence to teach my non-native English speaking children how to read in English.
Keep it up!

[JessicaAngel]

I just got your beautiful truck cards. Super nice art and quality. I can’t believe you were actually able to find different truck names starting with each letter. So clever!
Can’t wait to start with my 2y/o on Monday. I’m so excited about this beautiful experience based in play and learning, It will be fun!

[steph]

Very helpful! I’m using your videos to teach my bf whos learning to speak english

[alexandrahooper]

My daughter and I really enjoy your calmness and the lack of background music. Thank you so much! Can you please link your 30 sec quick version here?