I like to take a tactile approach to vowel sounds and then pair it with the auditory cues and connect it to writing..... Lindamood bell's "Seeing Stars" does an excellent job of showing kids how to discriminate short vowel sounds by using mirrors and noticing tongue and teeth placement ... the difference between /pit/pet/ pat/pot/and /put is not obvious in writing nor is it drastically different in sound ...but with tactile cues there is an actual descending mouth movement....and finger spacing that occurs with each "smile sound" (vowel sound) The process is complicated to write out but is effortless when done as directed in her manual. I love Lindamoodbell for the way her discourse goes as well.... she shows kids from their point of error and works back to the correct response... I teach first grade and I use chunk patterns ....but I always incorporate the sensory part of Lindamood bell so that they can see the vowel sound at work within a phonics rule that supports the word sorts based on a particular chunk pattern. for what are chunk patterns anyway..... rimes that are built on vowel sounds that incorporate a certain phonics rule that is the expectancy for that word sort.
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