Use vowel flashcards for a review activity. Write each vowel on an index card in black marker. Hold up the card and ask students to either say the vowel letter or the vowel sound during the next turn. Using cards supports the visual learner and allows him to associate the vowel sound to a letter to learn the material quicker.
Write three common sight words that the student has studied on the board. Model circling the vowel in the first word to demonstrate what the student should do. The student then circles the vowels in the next two words and sounds the letters out as he does this.
The kindergarten student learns reading skills through repetition and patterns. Use songs to encourage repetition. The "Hurray For A" song is set to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell" and teaches the long "a" sound. The first verse says, "Let's sing hurray for Aa. Let's sing hurray for Aa. Let's sing hurray for Aa today. Let's sing hurray for Aa." The other song verses introduce students to vocabulary with the long "a" pattern.
The student improves his phonological awareness by listening to the vowel's sound. Teach students the difference between long and short vowel sounds. Say a word like "hop." Students stand if the sound is long and remain seated if the sound is short. In this case, hop makes a short sound so students would remain seated.
Create a sorting activity using cereal. Write the vowel letters at the top of a sheet of paper. Pour some alphabet cereal onto the paper and ask the student to locate each vowel and place the cereal under each letter. He should find as many vowels as possible and then eat the cereal for a job well done.