Warm up
- Which one do you think is harder, L or R sounds?
- Can you say rain and rake?
- How about real and rare?
Notes
- Start out with the a like the one in father
- slowly lift the middle of the tongue up, pull it back a little bit, and push your lip corners out a little
- go back and forth/don’t stop the airflow (“ar a” vs. “arrrrra”)
- arrrrrr arrrrr arrrrrrr
- rrrraaaa rrraaaa rrrraaa
- arrrrraaaaa
- “a” as in hat vowel
- errrrrreeeeeerrrrrreeeeerrreee
- “o” as in “oh my god”
- orrrrrooooorrrrorrrroooorroooo
Discussion
- Can you say rhyme and ring?
- How about car and store?
- How about forest and burrow?
- Can you say real and library?
- How about collaborate?