Originally Posted by QualiTcare:
the other words "like, ride, bike" can be taught with one simple rule (assuming they already know letter sounds which they should). that would be "when there's an e on the end...the e "pinches that i and makes it say it's name..iiiii!"
It is hilarious that this topic has come up since we just did all this with my daughter yesterday. It's funny to me because I haven't heard anyone explain this since I was in elementary (and sometimes on tv) and we did it yesterday and now it's come back up again.
We showed my daughter examples like this and then taught her the difference in the sound:
rat rate
mat mate
hat hate
mad made
you get my drift.