Two Little Sounds

Hap Palmer

This song is available on Hap Palmer's Two Little Sounds: Fun with Phonics And Numbers.

Subjects:
• Beginning and ending consonant sounds
• Initial consonants: C,W, CH, P,M
• Ending consonants: D, N, P, and K with a silent E

Vocabulary:
Cornbread, watermelon, chicken soup, popcorn, milkshake.

Activity:
In this song, you’ll hear the names of different foods, with the beginning and ending sounds removed. The challenge is to find the missing sounds and name the food. If you can guess the food, first say the word, stretching out the beginning and ending sounds; next, call out the name of the food before you hear the answer on the recording.

Here’s a funny word
that you’ve prob’ly never heard
It’s something for your tummy
and it’s really, really yummy
Two little sounds and it’s complete.
Let’s get ready to eat

Ornbrea, ornbrea,
who wants some fresh baked ornbrea?
Two little sounds and it’s complete.
Let’s get ready to eat
(spoken) /c/ . . . ornbrea . . . /d/. . . cornbread

Atermelo, atermelo,
who wants a slice of atermelo?
Two little sounds and it’s complete.
Let’s get ready to eat
(spoken) /w/ . . . atermelo . . . /n/ . . .
watermelon!

Two little sounds that’s right my friend
One at the start and one at the end
Two little sounds that we include
For naming each familiar food

Ickensou, ickensou,
who wants a bowl of ickensou?
Two little sounds and it’s complete.
Let’s get ready to eat
(spoken) /ch/ . . . icken sou . . . /p/ . . .
chicken soup!

Opcor, opcor, who wants a bag of opcor?
Two little sounds and it’s complete.
Let’s get ready to eat
(spoken) /p/ . . . opcor . . . /n/ . . . popcorn!

Two little sounds that’s right my friend
One at the start and one at the end
Two little sounds that we include
For naming each familiar food

Ilksha, ilksha, who wants a frosty ilksha?
Two little sounds and it’s complete.
Let’s get ready to eat
(spoken) /m/ . . . ilksha . . . /ke/ . . . milkshake!

Yummy, yum, yum, yes indeed
Two little sounds is all we need

Follow-up:
What are your favorite foods? List foods by categories: fruits, vegetables, bread and cereal, dairy, meats, etc. Remove the first and last sound of some of these foods. Can you say the funny word that remains? Pick 5 foods and sing the song again with the instrumental version (#19) using your choices. Here are some examples:

Umpki, umpki,
who wants a slice of umpki pie?
(pumpkin pie)

Anca, anka, who wants a moon-shaped anca?
(pancake)

Eanut butt, eanut butt,
who wants some bread and eanut butt?
(peanut butter)

Antalou, antalou,
who wants some juicy antalou?
(cantaloupe)

Uacamol, uacamol,
who wants chips and uacamol?
(guacamole)

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