p.36–37 — a column of real words on one pattern. 54 words, 26.9 minutes.
Open wide like short a, but now pull your tongue BACK and let your lips go round — /o/, as in 'hot'.
They check it: Mirror: wide open, but the lips are round, not smiling. That is what separates it from short a.
Not in Somali. For those children this is a new physical skill, not a reminder. Do not let the column start until the mouth can make it.