Problem with teaching long vowels: Educators teach beginning readers too many "rules" and expect the reader to remember which "rule" goes with the work they are stuck on. When they can't remember, they get frustrated, confused and want to give up. Solution: The Circus Vowels Reading Strategy was created by a 1st grade teacher who saw this struggle and decided to do something about it. She created ONE long vowel reading strategy that gives each child the ability to look at a word and know exactly which vowel makes which sounds within a word. Best Part: The Circus Vowel Reading Strategy was designed to hit every type of learner. AUDITORY: This learner will be able to hear the story and gain the ability to know which vowel makes which sound within the word. VISUAL: This learner will be given visual clues, as shown in the book, as a reference when sounding out words. There are arrows and X's that will assist the reader as to which vowel makes which sound within the word. KINESTHETIC: The Circus Vowels Reading Strategy is interactive and gives the reader the ability to act out or draw out the strategy explained within the book. The Interactive Circus Vowels Reading Strategy is currently being used in close to 2,000 classrooms and has helped over 100,000 students learn to read. Teachers who use this strategy say that, on average, 93.5% of their students leave their class accurately reading long vowel words.

• The Circus Vowels Interactive Reading Strategy has already helped over 100,000 students learn to read and is currently being used in close to 2,000 classrooms. Circus Vowels Book - This book is for teachers to read to students. The Circus Vowels book gives any beginning or struggling reader the ability to look at any word and know exactly which vowel makes which sound within the word.
• 32 Sound Vests - The reading strategy described in the book can be interactive and acted out by students. They can also use them to act out various words.
• 8 Posters - The posters match the reading strategy taught within the Circus Vowels book. They are designed for teachers to hang in their classrooms as visual reminders to the students of the long vowel reading strategy taught within the book.
• Word List - There is a list of 240 words that teachers can use to act out the reading strategies found within the book with their students.
• Vest Ideas - There are over 20 different ideas for how teachers can use the sound vests with their students. Examples: Keyboard, Letter Exchange, Alphabetical Order, Missing Letter, Word Families, Prefixes and Suffixes, Adding an E...

The Circus Vowels Interactive Reading Strategy has already helped over 100,000 students learn to read and is currently being used in close to 2,000 classrooms. Circus Vowels Book - This book is for teachers to read to students. The Circus Vowels book gives any beginning or struggling reader the ability to look at any word and know exactly which vowel makes which sound within the word.Circus Vowels, LLC