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Wake up the ears
3 minSay this out loudClose your eyes. What sounds can you hear right now? Tell me one.
What to watch for:Children who name sounds outside the room are listening well.
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Children will hear /m/ at the start of words — and find it themselves.
Teaching mode fills the screen with one step at a time, large enough to read from the back of the room.
You are not expected to improvise in front of forty children.
Say this out loudClose your eyes. What sounds can you hear right now? Tell me one.
What to watch for:Children who name sounds outside the room are listening well.
Say this out loudWatch my lips: mmmmm. Your lips stay closed. Try it — mmmmm.
What to watch for:Lips actually closed. If they open, the sound has slipped to /muh/.
Say this out loudStand up. Find something in this room that starts with mmmmm.
What to watch for:A child who hesitates may be guessing from meaning, not sound.
Say this out loudLet's sing the Mimi song and clap every time you hear mmmmm.
What to watch for:Clapping in time means they are hearing the sound, not the word.
Say this out loudTomorrow Mimi brings a new sound. Whisper mmmmm to yourself on the way home.
What to watch for:Nobody should leave feeling they got it wrong.
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