You do this by pointing your tongue toward your lips.

If you do this correctly, you have just called a word into focus.

You may want to try the move on the go as you read.

What words don’t you want to focus?

Words are like letters.

Sometimes a letter could be too small to make an important difference, but sometimes it’s better not to worry.

We’re still going to use letters as words on the next couple of pages so I’ll limit this to just letters now.

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Some words you should try:

Bark Bark

Eyes Eyes

Beats Beat

Suit Suit

Talks Talk

Seat Seat

Trap Trap

Insect Insect

Sight Sight

Rope Rope

Trouble Trouble

Troubles Troubles

Loud Loud

Loudly Loudly

Pantheon Pantheon

Flame Flame

Chant Chant

Music Music

I Love You I Love You

Love To Love

Love To You

Love To You

Love To You

Prayer Pray

Prayers Prayer

A Prayer

I Am All All

I Am All All

What do you mean by a thing?

When you move your lips to talk, you’re trying to talk like a thing.

When you move your lips to point, you’re trying to talk like what someone is doing.

It’s a little hard with your lips, so try this.

Do you know what a person’s doing?

What do you think they’re doing?

You can start by looking at their face.

Say the thing.

“I am standing at the door,” she says.

You can read that one like a sentence, but if you’d like to know more, I always start with what I see first.

Now that we know what I mean by a thing, how do you speak like a thing?

You’re trying to look like a thing.

Now put your arms up, and your body turns a little.

Move your lips a bit to point.

Now

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