_Teach the Short Vowels._
Since more than 60 per cent of the vowels are short, and since short
vowels outnumber long vowels by about four to one, they are taught
first. Teach one vowel at a time by combining with the known consonants.
And what fun it is, when short "a" is introduced, to blend it with the
consonants and listen to discover "word sounds." Henceforth the children
will take delight in "unlocking" new words, without the teacher's help.
She will see to it, of course, that the words are simple and purely
phonetic at first; as:
c-a-n, can h-a-d, had
c-a-p, cap m-a-t, mat
c-a-t, cat m-a-n, man
r-a-t, rat f-a-n, fan
h-a-t, hat s-a-t, sat
Whole "families" are discovered by placing the vowel with the initial or
the final consonants, thus:
ca n r at f an
ca p h at an d
ca t c at s an d
ca b b at st an d
ma t f at l an d
ma n s at b an d
The children will enjoy forming all the families possible with the known
sounds.
_Short "a" Families or Phonograms._
at an ap ad ack ag and r ang b ank
b at c an c ap h ad b ack b ag b and s ang r ank
c at m an g ap l ad h ack f ag h and b ang s ank
f at p an l ap m ad J ack j ag l and h ang t ank
m at t an m ap g ad l ack l ag s and f ang bl ank
p at r an n ap b ad p ack n ag st and cl ang cr ank
N at f an r ap c ad r ack r ag gr and spr ang dr ank
s at b an s ap f ad s ack s ag br and Fr ank
r at D an t ap p ad t ack t ag str and pl ank
h at N an tr ap s ad st ack w ag th ank
th at V an str ap gl ad sl ack st ag
sn ap br ad tr ack br ag
wr ap bl ack dr ag
After a little drill in analyzing the words of a family, (sounding the
consonant and phonogram separately) they should be pronounced at sight,
analyzing the word only when the pupil fails in pronunciation.
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