Level: Pre-K: Come Out To Play

This story teaches the PQs for LETTER NAME sounds, the sounds that letters make in the alphabet, and SILENT LETTERS, the ways letters look when they don't say anything, and COMMON SOUNDS, the ways letters look when they say their most Common sounds. Clicking on the red words will show you how we make the letters look when they say their Letter Name sounds, or when they are Silent, or when they are saying their 'Common' sounds. The PQ hint button next to each paragraph will tell you which letter, or letters, in the word are saying any of these types of sounds. Remember, BOLD letters ALWAYS say their LETTER NAMES, or alphabet sounds. GRAY LETTERS NEVER SAY ANY SOUND. NORMAL LOOKING LETTERS ALWAYS SAY THEIR MOST COMMON SOUND.

COME OUT
TO PLAY

Isn't it way fun to play all kinds of games in the street?

Girls and boys, come out to play, the moon is shining, as bright as day. Leave your supper, and leave your sleep, and come with your playmates, into the street.

Come with a whoop, come with a call, come in a good mood, or not at all. Up the ladder, and down the wall, a couple of dimes, will serve us all.

You find milk, and I’ll find flour, and we’ll have some pudding, in half an hour.

1. When were the children going to play?
a) in the morning
b) in the afternoon
c) in the evening

2. Where are the children going to play?
a) at school
b) in the street
c) at the playground

3. At the end of the poem, what do the children want to make?
a) pudding
b) cake
c) candy


Girl	Boy	Woman	Man