Learning Mats: Short Vowels

Here’s a new fun way to lead children on the road to literacy! Colorful mats and word tiles make learning and practicing phonics fun. Start building a foundation for academic success with the Learning Mats: Short Vowels kit. The kit helps children practice these key reading skills:

• Identify short-vowel sounds and words
• Distinguish the short-vowel sound in words
• Develop automaticity (fluency) in reading words with short vowels
• Write words with short vowels
• Associate short-vowel sounds with common spellings for the five major vowels
• Develop vocabulary
Includes
• 10 two-sided mats
• 60 word tiles
• Wipe-off marker(s)
• Activity guide