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The SPEECH VOWEL SET ©

A VOWEL sound awareness program.

Learning about vowel sounds for both speech and literacy is made fun with the Speech VOWEL Set characters. Kids explore each sound in a fun way using pictures and stories. They really develop an understanding of what vowels are.

Used with kids from 4 years an up!

The Speech Vowel Set uses a multisensory approach to sound awareness...

The program encourages kids to:

think about the sound
feel the sound
watch how the sound is made
hear the sound
compare the sound to other sounds.

They are also encouraged to learn the most common letter correspondence for the sound.

The Circle-a-Sound activity sheets encourage learners to circle the letters that make the vowel sound that they have been studying (see below).

Teachers comment that the MAKING SENSE OF VOWEL SPELLING really helps their teaching. (Below is the Spelling Tips for the short /o/ sound)...

The Speech Vowel Set © is a set of 21 sound pictures that represent the vowel phonemes of English, with a focus on Australian pronunciation of vowels.

It was created in response to the lack of Australian resources targeting vowel sounds.

As many therapists know, vowel sounds can be extremely difficult for some children to produce, particularly those with verbal dypraxia. The more cues we can give a child (visual, mental, auditory) the more chance they have of producing the target sound. The Speech Vowel Set © fosters an interest in the characters' sounds - it actually makes them fun. Teaching vowel sounds can be explicit, yet enjoyable.

Grumpy Mum (above) is one of the characters that helps kids learn about vowel sounds. Can you guess which sound she makes?

For children with auditory processing difficulties or impaired phonological processing, vowels can also be extremely difficult to distinguish from one another. This often impacts upon reading and spelling. The Speech Vowel Set © allows the teaching of vowel sounds in a way amuses the child, holds their interest and assists their learning.