FREE Short & Long Vowels Digital Activity
Are you looking for an interactive way to have your students or child practice short and long vowels with a fun summer twist? Our youngest just wrapped up his Kindergarten year (distance learning style) and this is an area that really needs extra exposure before he starts first grade. As a result, we created this FREE digital short and long vowels activity for Google Slides™ to help him over the summer. By sharing this freebie with you, we hope it helps many other young readers along the way!
Activity #1: Sorting Short & Long Vowels
What’s great about these activities is that it covers all the vowels (A, E, I, O & U), it’s paperless and gives younger students additional practice with digital learning resources. First, students begin by reading the six words at the top of each slide. As they read each word, they decide if it belongs in the short or long vowel beach bucket. To move the word, simply click on it and drag. Drop it anywhere into the bucket and move on to the next word. It’s amazing how quickly they get the hang of this!
Activity #2: Read, Match & Type
After students sort the words by short and long vowels, they will move on to the second activity. Here, they match the words from the word bank to the pictures in each shell. This will provide much needed typing practice as they type each word into the blank space. Children at this age are working hard to learn where each letter is located on the keyboard, so it’s important to give them opportunities to play with the keyboard on a computer, laptop or tablet.
Extended Learning
You can continue practicing this skill by going on a word hunt using your child’s favorite book! As you read a story together, stop at each page and search for words that have the long or short vowel sounds. We love the Pete the Cat 12-Books Phonics Fun set because it focuses on the short and long vowel sounds that reinforce the skills covered in this digital activity. Each simple story features repeated examples of the various vowel sounds along with common sight words. It’s a perfect starter set that will help your child master the skills they need to become a fluent reader.
Whether you use this activity for summer review or at the beginning of the school year, we hope you find it super helpful and engaging for your student(s). Click on the download button below and a PDF file will open. This will walk you through how to access this resource in Google Slides™. There are also instructions on how to assign a copy for each of your students in Google Classroom™ if desired.
Prevent the Summer Slide!
To help prevent the summer slide, we created summer review packets available for PRE-KINDERGARTEN and KINDERGARTEN and 1st Grade. These math and literacy activities help little learners by reviewing important skills during the summer months. Above all else, keep reading EVERY. SINGLE. DAY and make sure children get plenty of time to enjoy their much needed break. Have a wonderful summer and we wish you all the best in the next school year!
