I wish I had been able to do this when I was studying for my oral prelim.

Going through our homemade phonics flashcards today:  ou,  ie,  th,  ck,  ch,  oy,  oe,  or,  ar.

ou  as in "pronounce" was a new one, introduced yesterday.  Oscar turned it over and stared at it for several seconds.  I started to give him the answer and he held up a hand to stop me, screwing up his face silently.  I waited.  After almost a minute he looked up and pronounced, "/ou/!"

Hey, you got it!  I said. 

I didn’t get it, and then I thinked hard about it in my head!  he said, jumping up and down.

You thought really hard about it in your brain until you remembered?

I thinked about it in my head and my heart and my brain!  I thinked about it with MY WHOLE BODY and then I can remember everything!