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Sound and Spell Safari.

Listen carefully and follow fifteen sound clues through the safari. Choose the correctly spelled word to complete each sentence.

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{
  "finish": "Safari complete! You listened carefully and found all fifteen correctly spelled words.",
  "steps": [
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The cat sat on the mat.",
      "question": "Which spelling completes the sentence?",
      "card": "The ___ sat on the mat.",
      "choices": ["kat", "cat", "cet"],
      "answer": 1,
      "good": "Correct! Cat begins with c and ends with at.",
      "help": "Listen for the first sound: c-c-cat."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The dog ran after the ball.",
      "question": "Which spelling names the animal?",
      "card": "The ___ ran after the ball.",
      "choices": ["dog", "dug", "dok"],
      "answer": 0,
      "good": "Yes! Dog is spelled d-o-g.",
      "help": "Listen to the middle sound in dog."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The sun is hot.",
      "question": "Which spelling completes the sentence?",
      "card": "The ___ is hot.",
      "choices": ["san", "son", "sun"],
      "answer": 2,
      "good": "Correct! Sun contains the short u sound.",
      "help": "Listen: s-u-n."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The fish can swim.",
      "question": "Which spelling names the animal?",
      "card": "The ___ can swim.",
      "choices": ["fiss", "fish", "fis"],
      "answer": 1,
      "good": "Excellent! Fish ends with the sh sound.",
      "help": "The final sound needs two letters: s and h."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The ship crossed the sea.",
      "question": "Which spelling completes the sentence?",
      "card": "The ___ crossed the sea.",
      "choices": ["ship", "sip", "chip"],
      "answer": 0,
      "good": "Correct! Ship begins with the sh sound.",
      "help": "Put s and h together to make sh."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The chick is small and yellow.",
      "question": "Which spelling names the baby bird?",
      "card": "The ___ is small and yellow.",
      "choices": ["shick", "chik", "chick"],
      "answer": 2,
      "good": "Correct! Chick begins with ch and ends with ck.",
      "help": "Listen for ch at the beginning and ck at the end."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "Mother put the food in a dish.",
      "question": "Which spelling completes the sentence?",
      "card": "Mother put the food in a ___.",
      "choices": ["dish", "dis", "dich"],
      "answer": 0,
      "good": "Well done! Dish ends with sh.",
      "help": "The last sound is sh, as in fish."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "I can see three ducks.",
      "question": "Which spelling matches the number?",
      "card": "I can see ___ ducks.",
      "choices": ["tree", "three", "thre"],
      "answer": 1,
      "good": "Correct! Three begins with th and ends with ee.",
      "help": "Listen for th at the beginning."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The frog sat on a rock.",
      "question": "Which spelling names what the frog sat on?",
      "card": "The frog sat on a ___.",
      "choices": ["rok", "rack", "rock"],
      "answer": 2,
      "good": "Correct! Rock ends with ck.",
      "help": "Listen to the short o sound: r-o-ck."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "Please ring the bell.",
      "question": "Which spelling completes the instruction?",
      "card": "Please ___ the bell.",
      "choices": ["ring", "rin", "reng"],
      "answer": 0,
      "good": "Yes! Ring ends with the ng sound.",
      "help": "The final sound needs n and g together."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The rain fell all morning.",
      "question": "Which spelling names the water falling from the sky?",
      "card": "The ___ fell all morning.",
      "choices": ["rane", "rain", "rayn"],
      "answer": 1,
      "good": "Correct! Rain contains the vowel team ai.",
      "help": "The middle sound is written with a and i."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The goat ate some grass.",
      "question": "Which spelling names the animal?",
      "card": "The ___ ate some grass.",
      "choices": ["gote", "goet", "goat"],
      "answer": 2,
      "good": "Excellent! Goat contains the vowel team oa.",
      "help": "The long o sound is made with o and a."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "My feet are wet.",
      "question": "Which spelling completes the sentence?",
      "card": "My ___ are wet.",
      "choices": ["feet", "feat", "fete"],
      "answer": 0,
      "good": "Correct! Feet contains the vowel team ee.",
      "help": "The long e sound is written with two e letters."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The moon shines at night.",
      "question": "Which spelling completes the sentence?",
      "card": "The ___ shines at night.",
      "choices": ["mun", "moon", "mune"],
      "answer": 1,
      "good": "Correct! Moon contains two o letters.",
      "help": "Listen to the long oo sound."
    },
    {
      "word": "Sound star",
      "say": "The queen wore a gold crown.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the final sentence?",
      "card": "The ___ wore a gold crown.",
      "choices": ["qween", "quen", "queen"],
      "answer": 2,
      "good": "Safari complete! Queen begins with qu and contains ee.",
      "help": "The word begins with q followed by u."
    }
  ]
}

Take your time. Every mistake gives you another clue.