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Vowel Farm — Game to Promote Vowel Recognition

September 26, 2014 by OneMommy

We have been working on a farm unit in homeschool this past week.  We’ve also been talking about vowels.  To keep with the farm theme I came up with this simple game to identify vowels and consonants.

easy game to identify vowels

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Vowel Recognition Activity

Materials Needed:

  • Large Piece of White Paper and Marker
  • Toy Tractor/Front Loader
  • Letter Tiles

 

Draw 2 large circles on your piece of white paper.  If your child is just beginning to learn the vowels, you may want to label one of the circles (a, e, i, o, u).

Scatter a handful of letter tiles (making sure there are plenty of vowels included in the bunch) on the floor near the paper and grab a toy tractor with a front scoop.

The goal of the game is to use the tractor to push all the vowels into the correct circle and all the consonants into the other circle.  (My son pretended he was moving his crops to the correct areas.)

After playing the game several times flip the paper over and draw two new circles.  This time around just label one circle “vowels” — do not include the letters a, e, i, o, u.   Now the challenge is for your child to know which letters are vowels without having them written down to check.

 

You could easily modify this game to fit the interests of your child.  Construction trucks, animals, or even princess dolls can help move the letter tiles to the correct spots.

 

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Filed Under: Language Arts Tagged With: alphabet activity, farm unit, kindergarten, teaching reading

Comments

  1. Natasha says

    September 27, 2014 at 2:10 am

    I will be adapting this for my preschooler. What a great and fun looking game.

    • OneMommy says

      September 28, 2014 at 9:59 am

      Have fun playing!

  2. Susen @ Dabbling Momma says

    September 27, 2014 at 11:25 pm

    Kids forget they are learning when they are having fun! Using the tractor was a great idea!

    • OneMommy says

      September 28, 2014 at 9:58 am

      Anything with vehicles is a hit with him!

  3. Pinkoddy says

    October 2, 2014 at 8:50 am

    What a lovely way to teach about vowel recognition. I may try this with superheros.

    • OneMommy says

      October 4, 2014 at 8:14 pm

      I love changing the activity to fit each child’s interests!

      • Pinkoddy says

        October 8, 2014 at 6:16 am

        I am featuring this on this weeks Kids Co-op

        • OneMommy says

          October 9, 2014 at 2:21 pm

          Thanks for featuring it! 🙂

  4. Emma says

    October 4, 2014 at 7:15 am

    It’s always more fun to learn with a tractor! I imagine those letter tiles come in handy for lots of these types of learning games!

    • OneMommy says

      October 4, 2014 at 8:15 pm

      Yes, those letters from our old games really do come in handy! 🙂

  5. Selena @ Look! We're Learning! says

    October 8, 2014 at 3:54 pm

    This is adorable. I have a little boy who is nuts about construction equipment. I’ll have to try this with his toy bulldozer. 🙂

    Thanks for linking up with Family Fun Friday!

  6. Tiffiny says

    October 8, 2014 at 7:47 pm

    what a great idea! My daughter isn’t old enough to work on vowels, but she would love an activity like this. I’ll have to think of a way to adapt it.

    • OneMommy says

      October 15, 2014 at 8:54 pm

      Maybe she can collect numbers or just certain letters? 🙂 Have fun!

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