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100 Powerful Learning Specialist and Educational Therapy Materials

This week I wanted to tell you about my online store, Good Sensory Learning. I’m Dr. Erica Warren, and I established this site so I could share all the materials that I have created over the last 20+ years as a learning specialist and educational therapist. When I first began my private practice, Learning to Learn, I had great difficulty finding fun and multisensory materials for my students that were effective and engaging. So back in 2005, I made it my mission to design and distribute high-end, remedial products as well as memorable, motivating lessons that bring delight to learning. If you would like to try a free sampling of my activities , CLICK HERE . How Are the Products Organized at Good Sensory Learning? You can download my Free Printable Catalog or you can browse the site using the grey “search all products” bar in the top right of any page with keywords such as dyslexia, working memory, and executive functioning. What’s more, drop down menus in the red banner allow you t...
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Free Vowel Combination Game

Using games to teach students the vowel combinations or vowel teams can be a wonderful way to entice your students and brings the fun factor into your lesson.

Here is a free game, Voweleos, that I created that is similar to the game Dominoes.
Free Vowel Team Idea
One of 100s of reading games at GoodSensoryLearning.com
For two to five players (for 3-5 players make two or more sets mixed together).

The vowel combinations can be:
    Reading Remediation Games
  • Copied onto 3” by 5” index cards that are cut in half horizontally
  • Written onto rectangular tiles
  • Printed on card stock and cut
Directions: Play on a surface with a lot of cleared space or play on the floor. Shuffle the deck or tiles. Decide which player begins and play proceeds in a clockwise rotation. Each player or team should be dealt ten cards or tiles. You can play open or closed handed. Beginners should always play with their vowel combinations visible to everyone, so that the teacher or parent can assist them. Place the rest of the deck/tiles face down and turn one card/tile over and display it in the middle of the playing field (the beginning card). The first player must select one of their cards/tiles that makes the same sound as one side of the beginning card/tile and then place it aside the beginning card/tile. Like dominoes, you can only play off the ends. If a player cannot make a move, they must select from the card deck or remaining tiles until they can. The winner is the first one to use all of his or her cards.

Please note that you can color-code the cards/tiles to remind students the number of sounds that each vowel combination can make: red = 1 sound, blue = 2 sounds, green = 3 sounds. For example, ai is red because it only makes one possible sound, whereas ea is green because it can make three possible sounds. If you would like to play this game before you have introduced all of the vowel combinations, you can make two decks of the red cards/tiles and play with the vowel combinations that make a single sound.

Here is a list of all the playing cards/tiles.
To learn about other reading games, consider purchasing one of my Reading Games publications. These digital downloads offer a large selection of reading card games and board games that are wonderful for any phonics or Orton Gillingham reading program. Finally, look on the page for a blue button for a free sample of one of my board games too. If you like this game, please share it with your friends and leave a comment below.

Cheers, Dr. Erica Warren
Dr. Erica Warren is the author, illustrator, and publisher of multisensory educational materials at Good Sensory Learning and Dyslexia Materials. She is also the director of Learning to Learn and Learning Specialist Courses.

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