Short Vowels Mats

The Short Vowels Mats kit contains ten colorful two-sided game mats, 60 foam pigs labeled with short-vowel words, and wipe-off crayons. In addition, four blank foam pigs are provided for use as replacements, in case a labeled pig gets lost or damaged—simply use a permanent marker to write the missing word on the piece. The kit is designed to meet the following key instructional goals:

• using letter-sound knowledge to identify words with short vowels

• distinguishing the short-vowel sound in words

• developing automaticity (fluency) in reading words with short vowels

• writing words with short vowels

• developing vocabulary For use with Grades K-2.