We have completed two weeks of Kindergarten homeschool and we are doing great. These last two weeks we’ve been working on our short vowels. My daughter has mastered her short vowels sounds and can recognize which vowel is in words. She is loving phonics and the various games and activities we have been playing.
Here are short vowel learning ideas we’ve found helpful. Best of all they are free!
- Short Vowel I Spy – look around your house and play I Spy with your child using only words that have short vowels in them. Then ask them which short vowel is in the word. We do this in the car and on walks too.
- Short Vowel Bingo – from Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT), a site I LOVE, and it is a free download.
- Short Vowel Review Game – thank you Reading Mama for this Flip-It free download.
- A Dab Will Do Ya Short Vowel Game – using a Bingo dabber, this is another TPT freebie.
- Short Vowel Crossword Puzzle – thank you Mama’s Learning Corner for this free printable and easy game.
Short Vowel Toilet Paper Craft:
Plus here is an Octopus Toilet Paper Craft we’d like to do as well.
We also memorized a poem the last two weeks called A A Apple:
How has the school year going for your family?
Cute activity. I love recycling crafts!!
We love using what would normally be garbage for crafts too.
Phonics is so definitely the way to go when learning!! And you seem to have come up with a variety of fun ways to incorporate it!
Thanks Michele. My daughter has really enjoyed learning this way. It has helped her immensely.
She’s got a cute sing-song poem going on. 🙂
Yes, I love looking at the videos later. We have a good number from when she was 2 and 3 and it is so cute. Love having digital memories!
I love the Apple TP tree =}
Thanks, Pamela. We love TP crafts. So fun and easy. Our next idea – TP turkey.
So many great resources you have for homeschooling, I will use them with my little one. The craft is very cute; we need to create one too.
Awww… cute video! Long and short vowels are always so difficult to get them to understand. This is great!
Thanks Lexie, long vowels will be later. She is doing great with short vowels though!
Thanks you! My kindergartener needs a little more practice on short vowel sounds but she doesn’t like to do them(surprise). Maybe these will be fun for her.
My daughter acts like she doesn’t like to do the work but when we are doing it she really enjoys herself. I think she just likes to complain. 😉
What a great way to teach these! Super cute idea.
What an adorable upcycled crafts for kids. Thank you for sharing.
this is adorable. Such a fun way to learn.