Instructions: Read the Mother Goose poem, 'Some Little Mice.' The instructor pronounces the dashed words phonetically and asks children to call out the words.

Some little mice sat in a b-a-r-n to s-p-i-n,

Pussy came by, and put her h-ea-d in;

"Shall I come in and c-u-t your threads?"

"N-o, Miss Puss, you will b-i-te off our heads."