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Letters l, f, b: Sound and Shape

Learn the sounds and shapes of the letters l, f, and b.

12 min

🎯 What You'll Learn

You will learn three more letters: l, f, and b. After today, you will know 19 letters!

🌟 Let's Start

You are learning letters so fast! Let us add three more to your collection: l, f, and b. These letters will help you read even more words.

📚 New Concept

Letter l:

  • Sound: /l/ — lift your tongue to the roof of your mouth: lllll
  • Shape: A simple tall line going down.
  • Words: leg, lip, log

Letter f:

  • Sound: /f/ — put your top teeth on your bottom lip and blow: fffff
  • Shape: A curve at the top going down with a cross line in the middle.
  • Words: fan, fit, fun

Letter b:

  • Sound: /b/ — close your lips then open them with a burst: b-b-b
  • Shape: A tall line going down with a bump at the bottom right.
  • Words: bat, big, bus

New words: leg, lip, log, lit, let, lot, fan, fin, fig, fun, fit, bat, big, bit, bus, bun, bed, but, bag, bad, bell, bill, full, bull, fill, fell

🎮 Let's Practice

  1. Blend: b-u-s. What word?
  2. Blend: f-u-n. What word?
  3. Blend: l-e-g. What word?
Click to see answers
  1. b-u-s = bus
  2. f-u-n = fun
  3. l-e-g = leg

💡 Remember

You now know 19 letters! With l, f, and b added, you can read words like bus, fun, leg, big, bat, fan, and many more. Keep going!