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Make breaks after the vowel eg ta/ma/ri/ki

Ng - sounds like the end of sing

Wh - f sound

Use the ha ka ma song to practice the vowel sounds

Ta, te to - flat sound, teeth touching teeth, like you have a pierced tongue

ti, tu more like English sounding t eg have a cup of tea for two

sing along to twinkle little star- finish with 5 double vowels (red)
put a break after every vowel

Twinkle little star tune

	a	e	i	o	u
a	aa	ae	ai	ao	au
e	ea	ee	ei	eo	eu
i	ia	ie	ii	io	iu
o	oa	oe	oi	oo	ou
u	ua	ue	ui	uo	uu

game - put consonants before kai, pai, wai, tai
au - o - whanau, ahau

Sharon Holt Teaching vowels

ai - kai - consonants with ai, good to practice

au - usually rhymes with o eg whānau, au, kauri, Taupo

ie - Ra/ngi/ma/rie

Stress goes on the macron, then on the double vowel, 

Kō/whai - core fii

Kau/ri - ko roll the r

Tō/ta/ra

Pū/ke/te

Ro/to/tu/na

Ma/ta/ma/ta

Ō/hau/pō

Pingo - 6 teams - first team to roll 4 in a row