With this kit, children will focus on 12 vowel sounds in the middle of words. What has the same vowel sound as bat? Pan or pin? Contrast long and short vowels. Recognize spelling patterns for vowel pairs, ea vs ee, etc. This kit contains everything you'll need to set up scores of different activities: 67 appealing objects; four two-sided sorting mats that allow your students to sort two, three, four, and five groups of sounds; cards with a target sound and illustration for that sound; laminated Yes and No cards; and the Sound Sorting Guidebook. Carefully planned activities help children focus on the sounds they hear in these words, and to connect these sounds to letters and combinations of letters.