The transition from learning short vowel sounds and consonant blends to long vowel sounds with all the rules and letter combinations can be challenging for children.

Our Montessori-inspired Green Series Long Vowel Sound A Activities with Free Printables are here to help!

These activities break down every letter combination that makes a long "a" sound with so many ways to practice.

Students can focus on one long "a" letter combination and complete the various activities for just that combination, or they can work on multiple letter combinations at the same time.

These activities are designed for children in Montessori elementary classrooms. 

They are designed to meet the needs of ALL children, no matter their skills or abilities.

Montessori-inspired Green Series Long Vowel Sound A Activities with Free Printables

Green Series Long Vowel Sound A Movable Alphabet Activity

The movable alphabet is such a fantastic Montessori material to incorporate into learning and practicing long vowel sounds.

In this activity children use the movable alphabet to spell long "a" words that match the pictures on each card. 

A control is provided if necessary.

We use the Kid Advance Lowercase Small Movable Alphabet in black and red. The letters fit so well with the size and font in this activity.

The control cards can also be used alone with the movable alphabet. 

Instead of placing letters on a blank card, children can place letters on top of the letters on the card.

This version of the activity is particularly helpful for children who struggle with spelling, reading and writing activities.

If you choose not to use the movable alphabet with these printables, you can reduce the printable size and use them for writing practice, flashcards, and controls for other activities.

Source: The printable for this activity is part of our Montessori-inspired Long Vowel Sound A Printable Pack, which is part of our Montessori-inspired Long Vowel Sound Bundle.

Green Series Long Vowel Sound A Tracing Activity

Some children struggle with fine motor coordination and writing tasks. These tracing cards are just for them.

The cards are created just as large as the movable alphabet cards to ensure that all children can be successful with their tracing. 

Cards can be reduced in size while printing to fit the needs of children with more advanced fine motor abilities.

I choose to laminate these cards and use a white board marker, so they can be used again and again.

Source: The printable for this activity is part of our Montessori-inspired Long Vowel Sound A Printable Pack, which is part of our Montessori-inspired Long Vowel Sound Bundle.

Green Series Long Vowel Sound A Picture and Word Match Up Activity

Once I have introduced words using the picture cards and movable alphabet, I introduce these picture and word match up cards.

Depending on the child, I'll introduce only cards with the same letter combination, or use a mix up of letter combinations.

These cards can be used in so many ways!

My youngest likes to simply match up words and pictures. My older children enjoyed playing memory games with them.

Source: The printable for this activity is part of our Montessori-inspired Long Vowel Sound A Printable Pack, which is part of our Montessori-inspired Long Vowel Sound Bundle.

Green Series Long Vowel Sound A Spelling Word Clip Cards

When children are comfortable with words and pictures, there are two different sets of clip cards that can be utilized to help with spelling. 

The first set of clip cards (not shown here) includes each long "a" word with three word choices to pick from. 

Children must pick the correct word on the card.

The second set of clip cards (shown above) includes each long "a" word with three choices of the same word spelled with different letter combinations. 

Children must pick the correctly spelled word.

Anything can be used as markers for these types of activities. 

I chose to use mini clothespins to help with fine motor development.

Source: The printable for this activity is part of our Montessori-inspired Long Vowel Sound A Printable Pack, which is part of our Montessori-inspired Long Vowel Sound Bundle.

Green Series Long Vowel Sound A Letter Combination Clip Cards

Once children are more confident with how each long "a" word looks, I love to introduce letter combination clip cards. 

These cards isolated the letter combination that makes the long "a" sound in each word.

Children use the clip cards to help them with their spelling and word identification.

In this activity I'm choosing to use green glass beads. You can use whatever you'd like to mark answers.

Source: The printable for this activity is part of our Montessori-inspired Long Vowel Sound A Printable Pack, which is part of our Montessori-inspired Long Vowel Sound Bundle.

Green Series Long Vowel Sound A Writing Activity

The last activity I introduce when teaching long vowel sounds, and in this case the long "a" sound, are writing cards. 

After children have completed all of the other long "a" activities, isolating each letter combination, most will be able to write each word.

Children who still can't write and spell the words correctly can be provided a control to boost confidence.

Source: The printable for this activity is part of our Montessori-inspired Long Vowel Sound A Printable Pack, which is part of our Montessori-inspired Long Vowel Sound Bundle.

FREE Montessori-inspired Long Vowel Sound A Bonus Printable Pack

Just when you thought there couldn't possibly be more long "a" activities and printables for kids, we prove you wrong!

This bonus printable pack includes nomenclature cards of all the long "a" words in the Montessori-inspired Long Vowel Sound A Printable Pack!

Not only do you have nomenclature cards to add into the work rotation, but you're able to preview all of the words and pictures used in the pack.

This green series bonus freebie also provides some fun practice with adding an "e" at the end of short vowel sound words, to make them long vowel sound words.

Lastly, the advanced language freebie includes word sorting cards! For kids who are able or learning to read, these cards can be great fun!

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