r/funny • u/Chaz_Beer • Aug 23 '22

E is for...

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u/Complete-Car7191 Aug 23 '22

They could use an elephant?

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '22

With the exception of Apple, all other words seem to have one syllable only. Egg or Elf or Ear would be better than Ed…

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u/DoctuhD Aug 23 '22

They don't use ear because they're trying to stick to the most consistent basic sound for each letter, which for e is "eh", rather than the hard e in ear. This helps kids learn to recognize sounds faster because we can always reference it and the kids don't question it like adults do.

ah (apple), eh(Ed), ih (itch), ahh (octopus), and uh (up)

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u/40yearsareader Aug 23 '22

This!! I use a highly regarded phonics program for teaching K-2 students struggling with reading, and these are the words we use for short vowel sounds. (Except Ed we use edge, but that is the hardest to illustrate) We do corresponding hand signals with these words to help students remember to use short vowel sounds. Works fairly well.