We are getting close to finishing our initial exploration of the alphabet - we covered letters x and y this week. Xavier Fox helped us with the sound for x. We discovered that x is not the first sound of very many words so we earned our Pixie Stixs by saying words with the x sound at the end. That was tricky! X makes the same sound as k and s together. The pouncing fox video generated squeals of excitement as the fox grabbed the mouse through the snow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP15zlyra3c The vintage Sesame Street video shows our feelings about x: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rOUYaQ6a0g   We found out how tricky the Letter Y is too! It makes the sound at the beginning of yak and yellow, but it also likes to copy the letter i and e! We will  be watching y closely! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qGHh0_6Xbc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgjkiGIGSEQ