Jj is for Jottings 84. Vowel Discrimination Activities.
Vowel Discrimination Activity 3. Identifying /i/ and /e/.
As promised in the previous article, here are some vowel discrimination activities to help your child to hear the difference between vowel sounds, in particular the tricky pairs of a/u and i/e. At the same time these activities reinforce the sound-letter links for the vowels. After all, it’s not much use for reading and spelling if you can hear the difference between them but don’t know which letter belongs to the sound. Continue reading
Jj is for Jottings 83. Auditory Discrimination of Vowel Sounds.
Droofus, the bearded dragon, is not practising auditory discrimination of vowel sounds – she’s looking at April shaking off all the dust in “Aa is for Alpacas”.
Auditory discrimination of vowel sounds, especially some short vowels, can be quite difficult for some children. Very common confusions are between /a/ and /u/; and between /i/ and /e/. When you consider that there is only one short vowel sound left – /o/ – that’s quite some confusion going on! Of course, not all children confuse both pairs, many just confuse one pair or the other. Continue reading