This FREE app for the iPhone/iPad concentrates on teaching kids to spell short vowel words with 3 sounds. There are 2 ways to play. Word Jumble provides the  child with the letters of the word and the child puts them in order. Moveable Alphabet has the entire alphabet across the top of the page and the child must find the correct letters to spell the word. If a child touches a picture, the app reads the word. If a child touches a letter, the app gives the sound for that letter. Each vowel is taught in isolation but there is also a shuffle option which provides mixed practice. Vowels are printed in blue and consonants are in red so you can reinforce the CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) pattern. This app does a nice job with the phonics of short vowel words.

Common Core Standards met:

• K. RF.3 – Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant. Associate the short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.

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