I had so many requests lately that we have another  sound comparison lesson today. Our sounds are the  

long e and the short i. This is very confusing  for many of my students. We're going to break that  

down and both of these sounds are in combination  with the c h sound that is right after them.

So let's start with this c h sound ch.

How do we make this sound? What you are going  to do is you are going to start by touching  

the tip of your tongue to the same spot  where you would say a t sound t t t.

Put your tongue there - t- then  pull your tongue back into the  

middle of your mouth. My lips are  slightly rounded for this sound ch.

Excellent!

We have that part finished. Now let's talk  about this long e and the short i sound. The  

big difference here is that e is a tense sound  and i is a more relaxed sound. So for that e  

we're going to start by smiling. Your tongue  will be very high and very flat in your mouth

e e e

Now if you watch what i'm going to do is  I'm going just to relax my lips e i e i

And I have my hand here for a reason. You  can see that as I relax my lips from that e i

my tongue will automatically pop down and be a  little lower in my mouth. It's still flat but  

it's a little bit lower. So it's high and tense.  Pops down a little bit and is still high and  

flat but a little bit lower and more relaxed. So  again let's look at those two sounds e i e i e i

Now let's add that c h e each each each 

and itch itch itch

And we actually have those words right here.

Let's try this with some other sounds 

reach reach reach rich rich rich

So again reach rich 

reach rich

peach pitch 

peach pitch peach pitch

each itch each itch

Let's give these all a try one more time reach peach each 

rich pitch itch reach rich 

peach pitch each itch

So reach for your goals and you will become rich! I ate a peach after I had to pitch the ball to my  

friend. And 

Each time I use a new laundry  detergent I get an itch.

So give it a try I know people are going  to notice the difference. If you found  

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Thanks so much everyone. I  appreciate you! Have a great weekend!