aʊ (cow)

WORD LIST & FREE WORKSHEETS

• VC – ouch, ow, owl, out, hour,
• CV – cow, now, wow, sour, 
• CVC – couch, down, house, loud, mouse, mouth, pouch, shout, south, town, 
• bounce, brown, cloud, clown, count, crown, found, ground, round, sound, 
• 2 syllables –  about, around, cowboy, flower, meow, mountain, outside, power, powder, shower, 

How to produce this sound

‘Ow ‘ is made up of 2 sounds – ‘ah’ and ‘oo’.  Open the mouth wide for ‘ah’ and then round the lips into the long ‘oo’ sound.

Lots of practice can be gained with ‘ow’ or ‘ouch’ !

FREE WORKSHEETS

• Vowel ow 1

• Vowel ow 2

• Vowel ow 3

Game ideas

1. Vet/medical clinic.  Put bandaids on the animals where they have hurt themselves – ouch.

2. Down – Up & down games are popular. Swing the child up and down or use block building.

3. Out – taking objects’ out’ of a surprise bag.

4. Cows – any farm activity here.