SHORT VOWEL RAP

A E I O U are called vowelsAH EH IH OH UH

Doing the short vowel with you !

The very first vowel in our short vowel rapIs the letter “A” and it sounds like…aaah

Cat, mat, hat and satThese are words with the sounds of…aaah

Now we’ll tell a little story with the short “A” soundAs you clap and sing and dance around!

There once was a rat who thought he was a catSo he wore the cat’s hat and he sat on her mat

When the cat came back and saw the rat on her matShe told the fat rat “scat” and that was that!

The second vowel in our short vowel rapIs the letter “E” and it sounds like…eh

Pet, vet, met and wetThese are words with the sound of…eh

Now we’ll tell a little story with the short “E” soundAs you clap and sing and dance around!

I once had a pet who I let get wetSo I sent him to the vet in my jumbo jet

But my wet pet got me into debtAnd I still haven’t paid my vet debt yet!

The third vowel in our short vowel rapIs the letter “I” and it sound like…ih

Sit, knit, mitt and pitThese are words with the sound of…ih

Now we’ll tell a little story with the short “I” soundAs you clap and sing and dance around!

I had a kitten named Kit who would sit and knitBy the fire I lit cook my grits

So she knit a mitt for my benefitWhen I sit by the pit and flip my grits!

The fourth vowel in our short vowel rapIs the letter “O” and it sound like…ah

Hop, drop, pop and stopThese are words with sound of…ah

Now we’ll tell a little story with the short “O” soundAs you clap and sing and dance around!

There was a cop named Bob who hopped non-stopAnd he hopped and he bopped ‘til he almost dropped

So he stopped in a shop and bought a lollipopBut the lollipop dropped so he cleaned it with a mop

The fifth vowel in our short vowel rapIs the letter “U” and it sounds like…uh

Bug, rug, snug and shrugThese are words with the sound of…uh

Now we’ll tell a little story with the short “U” soundAs you clap and sing and dance around!

There was a slug named Doug who loved a ladybugBut she just shrugged and said “humbug”So Doug told the ladybug “Give me a hug

Then we could be snug as two bugs in a rug!”

AH EH IH OH UHA E I O U

AH EH IH OH UH

Doing the short vowel with you!