Short vowel sounds

Vowel sounds ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, and ‘u’ are the basic foundations in the English Language. Finding the correct worksheets can be a challenge, so I have listed some preschool vowel worksheets and printables that can be useful to have on hand. Once your preschooler gets a hang of the beginning and ending consonant sounds, they can go on to figuring out the vowel in each word. First, I would go over the sounds of each vowel in a word, and explain how the short vowel sound is made like in a certain word, and give them a worksheet to practice. Here are some preschool vowel worksheets to use:

https://www.k5learning.com/free-preschool-kindergarten-worksheets/vowels/identify-short-vowelshttps://www.softschools.com/language_arts/phonics/worksheets/short_vowel_worksheets/

Short ‘a’ sound like in ‘can’

https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/letter-short-a.html

Short ‘e’ sound like in ‘pen

’https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/letter-short-e.html

Short ‘i’ sound like in ‘pin

’https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/letter-short-i.html

Short ‘o’ sound like in ‘pot’

https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/letter-short-o.html

Short ‘u’ sound like in ‘bug’

https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/letter-short-u.html

More vowel worksheet practice

:https://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/language_arts/phonics/

Long vowel sounds

Once your preschooler is familiar with short vowel sounds, and consonant sounds using the beginning and ending sounds worksheets. The next thing to learn would be the long vowel sounds. A child might get confused and take some time to know the difference between the short and long vowel sound, but don’t worry, they’ll eventually get it over time and practice. Below I have some word patterns which would help get an idea and to go over with your child.

1. Long ‘a’ vowel words have these patterns:

a_e like in ‘cane’

ai like in ‘rain’

ay like in ‘stay’ 

Worksheets for long ‘a’ vowel sounds:

Worksheets at Super teacher.com

Worksheet with fill-in-the-blanks for long ‘a’ vowel at mathworksheets4kids.com.

Worksheet with cut and paste ‘a_e’ activity at easyteaching.net.

Worksheet with cut and paste ‘ai’ activity at easyteaching.net.

Worksheet with cut and paste ‘ay’ activity at easyteaching.net.

Find below another worksheet I created where the child can search for words with long ‘a’ vowel sounds.

2. Long ‘e’ vowel words have these patterns:

ee like in ‘feed’

ea like in ‘beach’

Worksheets for long ‘e’ vowel sounds:

Worksheets for long ‘e’ vowel sounds at the measuredmom.com

Some examples of ‘ee’ and ‘ea’ sounds can be found here.

Worksheets at superteacher.com

Worksheet with cut and paste ‘ee’ activity at easyteaching.net.

Worksheet with cut and paste ‘ea’ activity at easyteaching.net.

Worksheet with cut and paste mixed long ‘e’ activity at easyteaching.net.

3. Long ‘i’ vowel words have these patterns:

i_e like in ‘line’

ie  like in ‘tie’

igh  like in ‘light’

Worksheets for long ‘i’ vowel sounds:

Worksheets at superteacher.com

Worksheet with cut and paste ‘i_e’ activity at easyteaching.net.

Worksheet with cut and paste ‘igh’ activity at easyteaching.net.

Find below another worksheet I created where the child can search for words with long ‘i’ vowel sounds.

4. Long ‘o’ vowel words have these patterns:

o_e like in ‘bone’

oa like in ‘boat’

Worksheets for long ‘o’ vowel sounds:

Worksheet at superteacher.com

Worksheet with cut and paste ‘o_e’ activity at easyteaching.net.

Worksheet with cut and paste ‘oa’ activity at easyteaching.net.

Worksheet with cut and paste mixed long ‘o’ activity at easyteaching.net.

Find below another worksheet I created where the child can search for words with long ‘o’ vowel sounds.

5. Long ‘u’ vowel words have these patterns:

u_e like in ‘tube’

ue like in ‘glue’

Worksheets for long ‘o’ vowel sounds:

Worksheet at superteacher.com

Worksheet with cut and paste ‘u_e’ activity at easyteaching.net

Silent ‘e’ for long vowel sounds:

Words that have an ‘e’ at the end with another vowel in between change the sound of the vowel. So basically, for instance, take the word ‘can’ – adding an ‘e’ at the end changes the sound of the vowel ‘a’ as it sounds in the word ‘cane’. Please see the worksheet printables and examples below.

https://www.education.com/worksheet/article/just-add-e-second/

https://www.k5learning.com/free-preschool-kindergarten-worksheets/vowels/long-vowels

An example worksheet of silent ‘e’ words can be found here.

Holiday long vowel worksheets.

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