Alphabet books are a fun way to get kids excited about reviewing letters and learning how they work together to form words. So I am always happy to find new creative children’s books about letters that help me to teach my daughter. Today we had the opportunity to check out a new story about consonants and vowels, and it inspired us to try some fun vowel activities for kids!

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Can U Save the Day? was written by Shannon Stocker and illustrated by Tom Disbury. In this creative story, the letters of the alphabet are arguing. When the letter B tells the letter A that consonants are better than vowels, A decides to disappear. Suddenly, dogs aren’t able to bark and ducks aren’t able to quack. Soon the other vowels get tired of being belittled, so they disappear too, until only the letter U is left. When the consonants find themselves in danger, can the letter U step up and save the day?

The story is full of hilarious animal sounds that are missing their vowels, making them lots of fun to try reading aloud. (My little one loves to laugh at me trying to say cock-a-doodle-doo without any vowels). Plus the story dives into how the letters all have to work together to create the words in our world. The illustrations are full of adorable animal characters and colorful letters with faces that kids will love following on their journey.

No Vowel Talk

Can you hold a conversation without the letter A? What about the letter O? Pick a vowel and try to have a whole conversation without it. This will not only lead to lots of laughs, but will also encourage you to come up with synonyms for the words you want to use.

Illustrating the Alphabet

Just like the letter U changes itself to save the day, we decided to have some fun turning letters into other things. We used chalk to create the letters of the alphabet, and then turned them into images that begin with that letter. For the letter C, we added circles to turn it into a caterpillar. We also turned the letter B into a butterfly and the letter D into a dog. We had a lot of fun coming up with different words that we could illustrate.

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Play Dough Letters

The letter U uses his flexibility to save the day. So we decided to have some fun stretching letters and turning them into different things. We used different colors of play dough to make the letters of the alphabet. Then we tried to stretch and fold them to turn them into other letters. We had a lot of fun changing the letters into other things and seeing what we could come up with.

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Guess the Answer

We love playing guessing games, so this book inspired me to create some fun puzzles without vowels. These printable puzzle pages list popular children’s book and children’s movie titles, but they are missing all of their vowels. These would be a fun activity to work on as a family, or to give to kids as independent work.

What are your favorite vowel activities for kids? Share in the comments below!

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