English - Phonics and Alphabet - Diphthongs and vowel teams - Vowel Team Discovery

Show 12 words: rain, boat, feet, coin, loud, boy, day, low, pie, blue, new, toy. Ask: 'Which TWO vowels work together in each word?' Two bins: 'Vowel Teams (one sound: ai, oa, ee, ue)' and 'Diphthongs (gliding sound: oi, ou, oy, ow)'. The child sorts based on whether the vowel combination makes a st