Sunny. Warm lips, big smile — say w-w-warm. Tap a card and the window changes!
Weather Watchers
Lesson 9. Today we chase the /w/ sound through a windy story, we count the days in a two-week weather chart, and we make a windsock that actually spins. Six stops. About 30 minutes if you take them one at a time.
Four things we're aiming at
- 1Hear and say the sound /w/ at the start of a word, and keep it separate from /v/ (wet vs. vet).
- 2Blend four new CVC words: wet · web · wig · win — plus two tricky words, we and was.
- 3Count a weather chart to 12 and say which kind of day there is more of, less of.
- 4Listen, then answer in a full sentence: “The kite sat on the wet grass.”
You will need
Wake up your mouth
Three minutes of silly sounds. Lips round, air out — that's the /w/ feeling.
The candle blow-out
Make a tiny round hole, push air out — no teeth, no tongue. Then slide into a word:
w‑w‑w‑warm
Twister for the week
Wanda woke.
Wet windows, windy walk.
Who wants water? Wanda wants some.
② Giant voice — deep and rumbly.
③ Mouse voice — tiny, just breath. Then clap the beats: Wan-da woke = 3 claps.
Wiggle break
- 🕯️Blow out 10 pretend candles — one breath each, /w/ sound on the way out.
- 🐕Shake like a wet dog for 5 seconds.
- 🥶Hug yourself — what a cold day!
The sound lab
Write it, say it, hunt it. The letter w is two vs holding hands upside down.
Tap a card to flip it 🃏
Flip them all, then read the green ones out loud three times.
One-question quiz
Wanda the Wind can only do /w/ things. Which one is hers?
Blend it out loud
Put the sounds together, finger under each letter:
wet
wig
win
Now write wet and win on paper. One line each. Air-write the third.
Story: Wanda the Wind
Read it once yourself if you can. Then hunt every word that starts with /w/.
Wanda the Wind
Month 2 · Lesson 9 · decodable with /w/
the up.
“!” she said.
She the leaves all over the shed.
She Ben's hat the road.
She blew the red kite the .
Then tired.
The to sleep.
The kite sat on the grass.
Ben sat on the kite. Ha, ha!
Talk about it
Ask, then wait five whole seconds before helping. Full sentences only — “She blew…”
1. What did Wanda blow?
2. Where did the kite sit at the end?
3. Why did Wanda stop?
4. Which word is NOT in the story: wet, wagon, woke?
Weather maths
A chart of 12 days. Tap all the rainy ones, then build the bar chart.
Twelve days of weather
Task: tap every RAINY day
Rainy days found: 0 of 4.
Build the bar chart
Tap a weather card to add one day to its bar. Count out loud as you go!
More or less?
Using the real chart: there were 5 sunny, 4 rainy, 3 windy days.
Which was there more of?
How many rainy days? ?
The 12-step counting path
Tap each stone to light it, counting out loud to twelve. Windy day bonus: count back down from 12!
Lit: 0 / 12
Make a windsock
Something to hang in a real window. If it spins, there's wind. If it hangs, there isn't.
Five steps
- Cut the streamersGrown-up cuts 5 strips of paper, about 20 cm long. Wide ones, thin ones — all different colours.
- Decorate the tubeRoll a paper plate or a strip of paper into a fat ring and tape it. Draw w all the way round: wet, wind, Wanda.
- Tape the streamersTape one end of each strip inside the ring, hanging down like long hair. Space them out so air can pass.
- Thread the woolMake two holes opposite each other. Tie wool through both, then knot it onto the straw. The straw keeps it from twisting.
- Find the windHang it by a window or take it for a walk. Watch: does it spin? Blow on it and count — how many spins in 10 seconds?
Say it while you work: “The wind makes the windsock spin.”
Weather journal
Draw your windsock for the next 5 days. One box each day: still, swaying, or spinning?
That's Lesson 10's warm-up, already done.
Weather freeze dance
Two minutes of moving. When the word changes, the action changes.
The rules
- ☀️Sunny — jump like sunbeams, high as you can.
- 🌧️Rainy — tiptoe, fingers dripping drip, drip.
- 💨Windy — sway side to side and blow a long /w/.
- ❄️Snowy — curl up small and slow, like a flake.
- 🧊Freeze — when the timer hits zero, hold still and count to 10.
Tip: play it twice. Second time, let them shout the weather words.
Badge board
Tick each stop as you finish it. All six and the medal pops.
Weather Watcher
Month 2 · Lesson 9
Notes for the grown-up
Listen for
- Lips round, no teeth — wet not vet.
- Blending slowly then fast: “w…e…t… wet.”
- One-to-one counting on the chart (finger on each day).
- Answering in a sentence, not a single word.
If it feels hard
Drop to four cards in Stop 2 and skip the hunt. Say the story together, line by line, both of you reading. Numbers to 10 is plenty today — tomorrow is not going anywhere.
If it feels easy
- Write three /w/ words nobody has used yet.
- Add ❄️ snowy and ☁️ cloudy days to the chart, then to 15.
- Ask: “Was Wanda kind or unkind? Tell me why.”
Carry it outside
Stand at a real window for one minute. What is the weather doing to that tree? That sentence is tomorrow's warm-up, and it costs nothing.
We review /w/ in five minutes, add qu as one sound (queen, quick, quiet), and count a door chart to 15. Bring your windsock.