Today I’m sharing a set of short vowel bingo cards with words or pictures. These games are great for new readers!
After a lot of playful activities, my Four has gotten the hang of blending sounds together. (Yay!)
Today I’m excited to share one of my newest printables for helping him sound out words.
Short vowel bingo – with pictures!
I created 20 single player games that he can play all by himself.
Here’s what you’ll find in the download at the end of this post.
- Short a game #1 (with words)
- Short a game #2 (with pictures)
- Short e game #1 (with words)
- Short e game #2 (with pictures)
- Short i game #1 (with words)
- Short i game #2 (with pictures)
- Short o game #1 (with words)
- Short o game #2 (with pictures)
- Short u game #1 (with words)
- Short u game #2 (with pictures)
YOU’LL LOVE THIS PRACTICAL BOOK!
Looking for an easy-to-read guide to help you reach all readers? If you teach kindergarten through third grade, this is the book for you. Get practical ideas and lesson plan templates that you can implement tomorrow!
Play the game in three different ways
1. Provide the cards and the game board with the printed words. Your child can read each word, find its match on the board, and cover it with the card or a poker chip.
2. Provide the cards and the picture game board. I like to use this as a second step after we play with the word board.
3. Read the word cards yourself and have your child find the match. So far I’ve just given my son the word cards to read himself and match to the board (pictured above). But another option is not to show the word cards to your child at all. Read them yourself, and invite him to find the matching word and cover with a poker chip.
Teaching tips
- If your child is new to sounding out words, start with the short a bingo games. They tend to be the easiest. Move on to short i. Save the others until your child is doing well at sounding out short a and short i words. (So far these are all we’ve done.)
- Start with the word board and move on to its corresponding picture board. If your child is interested, do another board. Two boards (a total of four games) is likely enough for one session.
*A tip for storage
Note that the boards and cards are color coded. You might wish to laminate the word cards, cut them apart, and bind each set with a rubber band. That way they’re easy to grab for a particular game board.
*While I do intend to offer many printables in a blackline version, time constraints don’t always make this possible. If you don’t have a color printer, consider printing the games on brightly colored cardstock.
Enjoy!
YOU’LL LOVE THIS PRACTICAL BOOK!
Looking for an easy-to-read guide to help you reach all readers? If you teach kindergarten through third grade, this is the book for you. Get practical ideas and lesson plan templates that you can implement tomorrow!
Get your free bingo sheets!
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Word slider cards are a great tool for helping kids blend sounds together to make words. This bundle includes over 300 printable short vowel word slider cards.
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Christina
Your materials are great for my kindergarten kiddos! Thanks for all you post!
Anna G
You’re welcome, Christina!
NelaD
Thank you so much for this CVC activity. My 5 year old enjoys playing this game immensely. She is very insecure where reading is concerned but not with this game. Fantastic!! 🙂
Anna G
You’re very welcome!
Barbara Barlow
I love all your games! I teach special needs kiddos and games make them more willing to try. Thanks for all the great resources!
Anna Geiger
That’s so wonderful to hear, Barbara! Thank you for taking the time to let me know.
Charlotte
Any chance you have this in an editable version? I’d love to use it in a small group in my kindergarten classroom, but would need different variations of each bingo card. This is awesome though!
Anna Geiger
No, I don’t make editable printables yet.