Can you make a new word?
Different letters make different sounds. These sounds go together to make up words.
Watch Kim, Beth and Patrick have fun making a new word. See if you can make a new word too!
We open on the three children hard at work on something in a garden. They鈥檙e making a new invention and are putting together the final pieces. The invention seems to be a miniature toy skateboard with a stick upright on it like the mast of a ship. There鈥檚 a big leaf attached to the 鈥檓ast鈥 that mimics the sail of a ship. Dad comes over to see what they鈥檝e been working on.
DAD: What鈥檚 that you鈥檝e got there kids?
BETH: It鈥檚 our new invention. It鈥檚 a鈥hh鈥 thingamabobber鈥?
DAD: A thingamabobber? Well if it鈥檚 a new invention it needs a new name! Why don鈥檛 we make a brand new word for this fantastic new invention?
The kids are all pleased at this suggestion and instantly start thinking.
DAD: So this new invention is almost a boat鈥 but not quite. Why don鈥檛 we make it have a name that鈥檚 alllmost boat鈥 but not quite? Boat is made up of different parts 鈥橞uh鈥, 鈥檕h鈥 and 鈥檛eh鈥. Boat. Why don鈥檛 we swap one of those sounds with a new one and make a whole new word!
BETH: Uhhhh鈥 Boat鈥 boat鈥oat!
DAD: Great job!
PATRICK: But that鈥檚 not a new word!
DAD: Hmm鈥 Ok lets try another one.
KIM: Uhhh鈥 Go鈥oat!
PATRICK: Bahhhh (goat noise). Goat isn鈥檛 a new word either.
DAD: Ok, one more go, something brand new, that鈥檚 never been heard before.
PATRICK: I鈥檝e think I鈥檝e got it! Hoat! Huh鈥at. Hoat!
DAD: Perfect, I鈥檝e never heard of a hoat! That鈥檚 a brand new word.
The kids put their new invention on the ramp and let it go as Dad says;
DAD: So, should we see how fast this 鈥檋oat鈥 really is then?
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