Educational Books and Games

Created by an Educator for Educators!
(Also for progressive parents)
By Jan McDonald

Learn-a-lot of Long Vowels Book 1

The Long Vowels:
Is filled with dozens of activities that teach long vowels, their combinations and rules. Provides both the easier and harder range of activities so teachers can begin teaching long vowels to the younger students, too.

•  provides complete sets of activities.
•  gives you the freedom to mix and match activities.
•  lets you photocopy ahead of time for ready to use materials.
•  builds variety, fun and flexibility into the design of each activity.

This Activity book is filled with dozens of hands-on activities that teach long vowels, their combinations and rules. 

Formats used:

1. Medieval Pull Throughs are colouring book-style pictures with sound strips that the students colour, cut and pull through to read. As the students pulls the strip through words appear one at a time to read. As the consonants change the students practice their letter sounds and blending. Colouring and cutting practice is built into the cute, fun format.

2. Final E Switcheroo Activity Sheets teach how the final e switches the vowel from short to long. The student cuts and pastes the final e onto each short vowel word to make a new long vowel word. Physically adding the Final E Helps students remember this hard skill.

3. Final E Rhyme Puzzles Match  up pairs of rhyming words. The words are presented with two different cartoons. As the student pairs up the words, the pictures pair up also. This multi-sensory approach to learning new words helps reinforce the Final E rule

3. Final E Rhyme Puzzles Match up pairs of rhyming words. The words are presented with two different cartoons. As the student pairs up the words, the pictures pair up also. This multi-sensory approach to learning new words helps reinforce the Final E rule.

5. Vowel Family Rhyme Sort-Its match up pairs of rhyming words. The cute cartoon with each activity provides a motivational component.

6. Open Syllable Rule Booklet teach students this difficult long vowel rule.

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