Short Vowel Sounds A E I O U - Phonics for 4 and 5 Year Olds

Pip's sound gate only opens for the right sound - and today it learns to listen to the MIDDLE of a word. Apple, egg, igloo, octopus, umbrella... then cat, hen, pig, dog and sun! WHAT THIS TEACHES The five short vowel sounds: a as in apple, e as in egg, i as in igloo, o as in octopus, u as in umbrella. First the gate listens to the front of each word. Then the line under the word moves to the middle, and your child listens for the vowel inside a three-letter word - the step just before reading words like cat, hen, pig, dog and sun. WHO IT IS FOR 4 and 5 year olds - preschool, pre-K and kindergarten - who know some letter sounds. After every question there is a real pause so your child can shout 'open!' or 'shut!'. CHAPTERS 0:00 A says a - the gate listens to the front 2:06 E says e - egg 2:59 I says i - igloo 3:52 O says o - octopus 4:45 U says u - umbrella 5:38 The five vowels, at the front 6:15 New trick: listen to the MIDDLE - cat 7:14 Hen, and the pig who has to wait 8:48 Pig comes back 9:41 Dog 10:34 Sun 11:27 Middle sounds: cat, hen, pig, dog, sun BEST FOR: practising short vowel sounds and hearing the middle sound in CVC words. Afterwards, say a little word slowly and ask: what is in the middle? More on the same gate: letter sounds P to T and U to Z are in the Letter Sounds playlist. Short version:    • Can You Hear the A in Cat? Short Vowels   Every part of this video is made for this channel: the animation is drawn frame by frame in our own code, the music is composed for this episode, and the narration is generated with a public-domain voice. Nothing here is stock footage, stock music or a borrowed melody. #ShortVowels #Phonics #Preschool