question of the week! The question today is how  do I pronounce the words: wild mild and child? 

This gets confusing because typically, when  we see a vowel with one or two consonant  

sounds after that, in a closed syllable,  we usually pronounce those vowels as short.  

So a lot of people might think we pronounce these  words as willed chilled and milled. But we don't!  

So this is actually a reading tip for today, as  well as a pronunciation tip. This is an exception  

to the rule and when you see ild  and also ind - stay tuned for that  

video next week! These are exceptions,  and we are going to use a long i sound.

So to say a long I sound you're going to open  your mouth really wide, tip of your tongue is  

low in the front, back of the tongue is pulled  high up. Move to a smile and a high flat tongue.

I I

Then touch the tip of your tongue to the  back of your top front teeth of that l. L.  

And then pull it down so that  that air can puff out for the d. 

ILD ILD 

ILD ILD

Now let's put it together with the words: wild child mild 

wild child mild wild wild wild 

child child child mild mild mild

So give me a sentence if you can in  the comment section and give it a try  

I know people are going to notice the difference!

If you need more help we have lots of  videos here on youtube. As you know,  

you can check out our playlists,  

you can also check out our website for class  options and products at tarle speech dot com.

Thanks so much everyone have a great week!