Teaching Short Vowel Sounds with Video Demonstrations

Short vowel sounds are often very hard for children to learn. It is easy to confuse one sound with another.

1. One way for a child to hear the difference between short vowel sounds is to replace short vowel sounds for a vowel sound in a child's name. Here's a video showing how this is done.


2. Sometimes I play a game with hearing and saying short vowel sounds.


3. I like to show a child how changing a vowel sound can change a three letter word into a completely new word.