Hammer Home Short Vowel Sounds

Here's a fun activity to hammer home short vowel sounds! Savanna loved it and I'm sure your child will too!

Materials:

• Pouch Printables
• Manilla folder
• Stapler
• Scissors
• Glue
• Crayons/Coloring Pencils

Step 1: Print out pouch printables using the link above. Separate the pages with words/letters from the pages with pictures.

Step 2: Trim the top of a manilla folder (the tab) to make it flat on the top. Use the stapler to staple the sides of the folder, leaving the top open to form the pouch. Trim off the bottom 1/4 of the pages with words/letters. Place the papers inside the pouch and have them ready for your student.
 


Step 3: Have your child cut out the pictures. Note: There are quite a few pictures so you can have her do one sheet while you cut out the other. This is what Savanna and I did, and it was just the right amount of scissors practice.

Step 4: Have your child color the pouch cover and all the vowel pages. Have her glue the cover to the pouch and decorate it as she likes.






Step 5: Spread out all the pictures in random order and have her identify the pictures that go with each vowel. Some pictures begin with the vowel, some have the vowel in the middle (ie. APPLE starts with a short A, CAT has a short A in the middle). Each vowel has 5 corresponding pictures. Glue the correct pictures to each vowel page.

Short A

Short E

Short I

Short O

Short U

Step 6: Insert the vowel sheets into the pouch and use them again and again for practice!

Insert the vowels sheets into pouch

Finished pouch :)

Bye for now,
Kristina