Vowels  

(Short vowels and Long vowels)

Just as we can change the direction of a horse by pulling on the bit in its mouth,

in the same way, we can change the pronunciation of a word

by pronouncing the word with a different vowel sound.

 There are five "short" vowels: a, e, i, o, u

There are five "long" vowels: a, e, i, o, u

Let's see what changing these "short" vowels does to a word:

                                                                                       bat

                                                           bet

                                                           bit

                                                           bot

                                                           but

               Let's see what changing these "long" vowels does to a word:

                                                           bait

                                                           beat

                                                           bite

                                                           boat

                                                           brute

            VOWELS ARE VITAL for reading and pronouncing words correctly.

                    Recognizing, pronouncing, and blending vowels correctly

                                                CHANGES EVERYTHING!

        Unfortunately, a good share of American children CANNOT recognize or

                   pronounce the vowel sounds well enough to change anything.

     In fact, more often than not, children simply "guess" at the vowel sounds.

  And worse, many children have no idea what a vowel is or what a vowel can do.

  With The Candy 4WAY Phonics Program, parents are instructed in how to teach their children to "punch" the vowels when they read them, so that the child can CLEARLY hear the difference between the vowel sounds. In the process, parents, themselves, learn the vowel sounds:

              a) Parents learn to distinguish between the sounds of the vowels

              b) Parents learn to pronounce the vowels correctly

              c) Parents see how much easier learning to read becomes when they

                  recognize, sound out, and blend the vowel sounds with other letters.

Parents clearly see that vowel sounds CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING! 

The Candy 4WAY Phonics Program supplies beginning readers

with a separate multisensory vowel picture for each of the short vowel sounds.
However, older students struggling in reading

also need help distinguishing between the short vowel sounds.

If you have an older student who struggles to hear the vowel sounds,

click here for a FREE Multisensory Short Vowel Flashcard Aide to print.

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