Color the Short Vowel Sound

MBug {age 4} has taken an interest in listening for the middle sound in words, thanks to our Short Vowel Clip Cards.

And seeing that the girl is quite addicted to coloring {the reason for our color by letter packs and our Color & Read emergent readers}, I decided to make her some Color the Short Vowel Sound coloring pages.

*This post contains affiliate links.

Typically, kids first hear the beginning, then ending sounds in words. Listening for the vowel in the middle is a harder skill and it takes time to develop it. MBug hasn’t mastered it yet, but she kept asking for one coloring page after another!

Color the Short Vowel Sound Coloring Pages

Included in these short vowel sound coloring pages are 2 pages for each of the 5 short vowel sounds.

Together, you point to and identify each of the pictures {an answer key is provided on page 1 of the download}, deciding whether or not that short vowel sound matches the vowel on the page.

If it does, the child colors it in. If it doesn’t, you leave it uncolored.

And if you have an eager child who loves to color {as I do}, and she colors every picture on the page, even after you have identified which ones she should/shouldn’t color, it’s okay. Simply go back to the page when she is finished coloring and have her circle the correct pictures and/or “x” out the ones that aren’t correct.

More Short Vowel Sound Activities:

• • CVC Rhyming Word Blackout
  • Short Vowel Sounds Clip Cards
  • Building Mats for Short Vowel Words
  • 1-2-3 Flip It! {a Short Vowel Review Game}
  • BOB Books Level 1 Printables
  • BOB Books Rhyming Words Printables

Enjoy teaching short vowel sounds!

~Becky

Follow This Reading Mama’s board Word Study/Phonics on Pinterest.