Recognizing Vowels

Links verified on 8/8/09

An adult might need to read instructions to Kindergarten students for the activities below

1. Counting Vowels - [Click on Continue to start] Can you discriminate between a consonant and a vowel?
2. Learn to Read - Starfall - Easy to read stories that focus on a particular vowel sound along with quizzes on the same vowel. Long and short vowels included.15 separate stories and quizzes.
3. Long Vowel Sounds - drag pics with the long vowel sound into the box
4. Long and short Vowel practice - listen to the word by clicking on the button to the right. Find the word that has the stated vowel sound.
5. Picture Match - listen to the word and pick the correct vowel
6. Phonics-Word Builder - Three dozen different combining sound activities are available in the following categories; abc’s, short vowels, long vowels, other vowels, beginning consonants and final consonants. Word parts are read individually, blended, and then followed by a sentence accompanied by an illustration.
7. Poem Pack - Ten colorful poems with animation, audio and activities - featuring Daisy the snail, the toad and the goat, and friends. Read it, Hear it, search for sounds, and find words concentrating on vowel blends.
8. See 'N Spell - Short Vowels - Spell out the CVC word that names the picture. Self-check the answers.
9. Sorting Vowels and Consonants - [Click on Continue to start] Click and Drag Activity.
10. Vowel Boot Camp - video lesson
11. Word Family Sort - Click on a vowel to begin, then sort words according to their family. Students can read the words they see and create sentences with them once back at their desks.
12. Write a Postcard - Help Salty Sam with his vowels. In the first sentence, click on the focus phonemes. When you have got them all right, the next sentence appears but this time there are gaps in the words. Drag the vowel phoneme with the correct spelling into the gap in the word.