No. 104 Vowel Buddies — IE, OA, OE, OW, UE

Learning Objective: While having fun playing these familiar games, children have unlimited opportunity to practice their reading skills. The purposeful repetition helps children learn the phonics rule and improve decoding, blending, and fluency.

Methodology: These cards are designed for multi-sensory use following Orton-Gillingham methodology. The cards are not laminated to allow children to write and draw to customize (if appropriate) their cards for maximum learning benefit. Children also enjoy physically separating the four perforated sheets into decks.

For convenience, upper case letters are used on playing cards to eliminate confusion over similar looking letters (e.g. upper case “i” and lower case “L”).

CONTENTS

41 Playing Cards: 20 pairs of matching word cards plus one Old Maid card

1 Rule Card: Vowel Buddies Rule with examples.

1 Word List Card: lists all 20 words used to play the card games. Examples: TIE, GOAT, DOE, GROW, CLUE

5 Clue Cards:

• Long “I” & Silent “E” as in PIE

• Long “O” & Silent “A” as in BOAT

• Long “O” & Silent “E” as in TOE

• Long “O” & Silent “W” as in SNOW

• Long “U” & Silent “E” as in BLUE

1 Self-closing Poly Bag: for storage

Directions: How to play all four games using the same cards:

• Memory

• Old Maid

• Go Fish

• War

Helpful Definitions for Parents and Teachers: Long and Short Vowels, Consonant Blends, Consonant Digraphs, Diphthongs, Syllables, etc.