Alida and the Rainy Day Train

Reading ai sound
sound words. Story and supporting image.

An original story.

Story is approximately 165 words that has the sound “ai sound”.

Includes supporting image and text.

The phonics “ai sound” phase focuses on teaching children the digraph “ai” as a single long vowel sound, like the ‘a’ in “rain,” often introduced in Phase 3 (Letters and Sounds) or later in Phase 5 (alternative spellings) of phonics programs, showing how “ai” works in the middle of words (rain, tail, paint) and contrasting it with ay for the same sound at the end (day, play).