I am needing some help. My daughter is in first grade and brang home a paper today that I can not help her with. They want her cut and paste the pictures given on to the correct areas. Areas being soft c, hard c and soft g, and hard g.The words for the c's are...celery, castle, cookie, cigar, and cow. The g's are....gate, girl, giant, giraffe, gingerbread men.

From here (http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0903396.html):

Each of these letters has a hard sound

hard c sound (kuh): cat, cup

hard g sound (guh): gap, goat

As well as a soft sound.

soft c sound (suh): cell, city

soft g sound (juh): gerbil, gym

Usually, a c or g sound is hard or soft depending on the vowel that follows it. Here's the general rule:

1. When c or g meets a, o, or you, its sound is hard:

Cap, cave, colt, comedy, curly, cuddle

gas, gather, goblet, goddess, gum, gutter

2. When c or g meets e, I, or why, its sound is soft.

census, center, circle, citizen, cycle, cymbal

gel, general, giant, ginger, gypsy, gyrate

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Thank You So Much For Responding...you Help Is Greatly Appreicated.

You're welcome! ;)