Finally a musical CD - starring the Lively Letters themselves! Each character’s song has its own musical style – swing, jazz, country, rap, rock, blues, and techno... to mention a few. There are also several multicultural genres of music featured, such as Latino, Asian, and Middle Eastern. The music was creatively designed to capture the oral kinesthetic features of the sounds as well as the unique personalities of each of the characters (ex. quiet, unvoiced sounds have a quieter song, noisier, voiced sounds feature a deeper tune with more bass) Hear King Ed as he sings a regal tune, demanding to know the names of the vowels before him! Listen as poor "h" sings the blues because eveyone is bothering him ( "w" crashes into him, "s" shakes him, "t" sticks his tongue out at him...)The use of music will enhance a student's ability to learn and recall the letter sound associations. What a delightful, engaging way to reinforce the letter sounds! Small black and white pictures and song lyrics (which match the poems in the Character Poem Book) are printed on the CD insert booklet. The lyrics reinforce the oral kinesthetic features of the sounds as well as the mnemonic stories of the characters. Children and adults will enjoy making the letter sounds and singing along with each of the 47 songs in this full hour of entertainment!

Click on the links below to sample several of the Lively Letters Character Songs.

	t - Quiet Tongue Dancing Sound Story – The dancing tongue taps quietly on the top of the mouth, behind the front teeth
	qu - Quacking sound Story – This is a duck that starts to say “quack” (“qu---“). The little duck (the U) is following along, quietly standing on its mother’s tail.
	a - The Apple Story – You open your mouth wide to take a big bite of the apple. Start to say, “Apple.” Say “A—.”
	final e - King Ed Story – Mean King Ed does not like it when a vowel comes before him in a word. He demands to know the name of that vowel who dares to stand in front of him. The vowel says its name. King Ed is silent, and usually is found at the end of a word.
	x - Crashing Sound Story – The X reaches up and grabs the K and the S. He crashes them together in the middle. It almost sounds like the word “kiss.”
	w - Whooshing Air Sound Story – The wheelchair loves to go fast in the wind “w!“