Today's Classroom Activities :

Vowels and Phonics Activities

A Shower of Vowels
Phonics Teach the children long and short vowel sounds with these words about rain, then invite the children to draw pictures for each sound.

Vowels of Showers

by Jacqueline Schiff

Rain is a a a gray day.
Rain is e e e deep street.
Rain is i i i I like.
Rain is o o o cold nose.
Rain is u u u June tune.

Rain is a a a a damp.
Rain is e e e e wet.
Rain is i i i i drip.
Rain is o o o o drop.
Rain is u u u u run!

As kids learn how to read and write, their phonemic awareness will gradually develop, read Phonemic Awareness by Maryann Manning to find out why.