Touch the Letter, Hear the Sound (also known as Letter Song) is a song from the 2000s version of Read and Sing Little Leap toy. This song also appears in the video The Letter Factory as Professor Quigley is teaching Tad with his letters.
Lyrics[]
General Version[]
As heard in Fridge Phonics, the Imagination Desk game Let's Learn Letters, the My First LeapPad game I Know My ABC's!, the Learning Screen Karaoke, and the video The Letter Factory as well as various products using the words "Every letter makes a sound" instead of "touch the letter, hear the sound"
[letter] says [sound].
[And] [letter] says [sound].
Every letter makes a sound!
[letter] says [sound] [and [sound]]!
Letters with two sounds version[]
Here is an example, using the letter A.
A says “ae”,
and A says “ah”.
Touch the letter, hear the sound!/Every letter makes a sound!
A says “ae” and “ah”!
Letters with one sound version[]
Here is another example, using the letter B.
B says “buh”.
B says ”buh”.
Touch the letter, hear the sound!/Every letter makes a sound!
B says “buh”!
Variations[]
Leap's Big Day parody[]
Here is an example, using the letter L, saying “l” for Leap.
Leap: Ahoy, matey! I’m looking for things that start with certain sounds. Can you help me?
“Leap” starts with L.
L says “l”;
Touch the picture on the page
That starts with “l”!
Learn to Read Phonics Desk[]
Here is an example with the word "POT".
Female Voice: POT starts with P.
It's spelled P-O-T.
Every letter makes a sound,
Sound it out with me!
Trivia[]
- This song is to the tune of The Farmer in the Dell (A Hunting We Will Go).
- In The Letter Factory, this song excludes T, W, and Z's sounds, as T instead uses the speaking, as W instead uses the Letter W Rap and Z instead uses the Letter Z Lullaby.
- A reprise of this song in Code Word Caper is sung by Professor Quigley about the letters O and R in a helicopter, named Phonics Flyer.
Song credits[]
Music and lyrics by Jeanne Parson