{"id":847,"date":"2022-05-13T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T07:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obsidianeducation.wordpress.com\/2022\/05\/13\/short-vowel-sounds-for-kids\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T06:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T06:41:12","slug":"short-vowel-sounds-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/obsidiansofteducation.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/13\/short-vowel-sounds-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Vowel Sounds for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-92c94ce1a29f06de4f4d24a0cb80631f wp-block-paragraph\">Hello friends,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-c30da4ca4efabd122fcc4d21e7c164c1 wp-block-paragraph\">As most of you know by now I am a great fan of the synthetic phonics system of Jolly Phonics. When my elder son was 3 years old, he was introduced to Jolly Phonics. It was a completely new thing for me as I belong to the generation that learned to read by memorizing that A is for apple and B is for B. We were never taught the sounds of the alphabet. We learned their names. I guess our brains just added the missing link of sounds on their own. A huge thanks to the people behind the Jolly Phonics and other synthetic phonics systems. Instead of second-guessing the sounds of the alphabet on their own, children now learn the sounds first and then, the names of the alphabet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-31f70ad2df5b36ae89ccf6a691f56bb6 wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I got inspiration from my son&#8217;s education to develop my first mobile app.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">Check out\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"text-align: justify;\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.amna.phonicsfun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>my free Jolly Phonics Mobile App<\/b><\/a><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">. It is an all-in-one solution to everything related to phonics. The complete version is 100% FREE.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-b79de2ee3f4bb2a43b7425491bd582cf wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\">Phonics has become the starting point of learning to read in almost all countries of the world. Children learn the sounds of the letters and can recognize that the letter &#8216;a&#8217; makes the sound \/a\/ &#8211; the beginning sound that our mouth makes when we say the word&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\">apple<\/strong><span style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-a5d172fe781b63a5f8c59149855e554b wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;\">The Jolly Phonics system of synthetic phonics divides the English alphabet into groups in order of difficulty. For example, group 1 has the letters s, a, t, i, p, and n. These letters are not just easy to learn but they also make the most 3-lettered words so that children can start to blend sounds and read 3-lettered words as soon as they know the group 1 sounds.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-e24175f1f05e4f38622645554dd42e8a wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;\">However, any kind of learning requires patience. I recommend that children spend at least a week on one letter before moving on to another letter. Moreover, make learning phonics fun by using my&nbsp;<b><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.amna.phonicsfun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jolly Phonics Fun app<\/a>.<\/b> Children can not only learn phonics sounds but also test their learning using multiple matching activities.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-78dacc95ec1d35ab7777e2860f346622 wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a; font-size: large;\">You can&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"color: #0e101a;\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.amna.phonicsfun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">download my app<\/span><\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">&nbsp;from the Google Play Store. <\/span><b><span style=\"color: #6aa84f;\">It is 100% FREE.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-74224008088444e2fba8ab77d5517c16 wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;\">When the children have done the first 3 groups of Jolly Phonics, they are done with all the vowels (a, e, i, o, and u). They have learned the short sounds of these vowels. Short sounds of the vowels are the sounds that are different from the sounds that our mouth makes when we say the names of the vowels. For example, \/u\/ is the sound made by the vowel &#8220;u&#8221; when we say the word &#8220;umbrella&#8221;.\u26f1<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-89089d84e80362d8474923e5eeda5bd1 wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;\">The long sounds of vowels are the sounds that are the same as the name of the vowels. For example, the long sound of a is the beginning sound that our mouth makes when we say the word &#8220;ate&#8221;, which is exactly the same as the name of the alphabet &#8220;A&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-966f7bd7ff8988eead5429e5c50b6702 wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;\">So, I decided to make these short vowel sounds worksheets so that children can practice their blending. I recommend using these worksheets once the child has done the first 3 groups of Jolly Phonics.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/obsidiansofteducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/14_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/obsidiansofteducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/7_4.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-f938ef0211fccd2affe1303150eeb58c wp-block-paragraph\">Using these worksheets is very simple:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1. Download the high-quality PDF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. Print the worksheets on A4 size paper<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3. Give a crayon \ud83d\udd8d to your kids<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/obsidiansofteducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1_10.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1OGETYrRn8s9q_ghNGTRnmqolF7_qa9x3\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-09f929394c5490a53ecdfc40d4c209fe wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;\">I have designed coloring, matching, and writing activities in these worksheets for all five vowels. I hope you like this effort. Do let me know in the comments if you like this kind of material so that I can think of something more interesting for future projects.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9e0adb0a4fbbef59d781322704df1b90 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links to more Jolly Phonics resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/obsidiansofteducation.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/20\/how-to-make-your-children-early-readers-of-english\/\">How to make your children early readers of English &#8211; A mother&#8217;s perspective<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.amna.phonicsfun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jolly Phonics FREE mobile app<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/obsidiansofteducation.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/31\/jolly-phonics-group-1\/\">Jolly Phonics Group 1&nbsp;Worksheets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/obsidiansofteducation.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/20\/jolly-phonics-group-2\/\"><strong>Jolly Phonics Group 2&nbsp;Worksheets<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/Jolly-Phonics-Group-34-and-5-Worksheets-12326688\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jolly Phonics Group 3,4 and 5&nbsp;Worksheets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/Jolly-Phonics-Group-6-7-Worksheets-12331142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jolly Phonics Group 6 &amp; 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