Activities/AEIOU
About AEIOU
AEIOU is an activity for introducing the Spanish vowels. It displays letters and images and associated sound files, such as 'A as in ave'. There are four modes:
- click on the letter to hear its name
- click on the picture to hear the name of the first letter in the word represented by the picture
- hear a letter name, then click on the corresponding letter
- hear a letter name, then click on the corresponding picture
(Also see I Can Read, I Know My ABCs, and Letter Match)
Where to get AEIOU
TheAEIOU activity is available for download from the Sugar Activity Library: AEIOU
The source code is available on the Sugar Labs Gitorious server.
Using AEIOU
letter game
picture game
Toolbars
- Activity toolbar
- change the activity name; add notes to the Sugar Journal
- Letter mode
- listen to letter names
- Picture mode
- listen to letter names associated with pictures
- Find the letter 1
- hear a letter spoken and then find it
- Find the letter 2
- hear a word spoken and then find the first letter
- Stop button
- exit the activity
Learning with AEIOU
While far from contructionist, this activity does provide a mechanism for learning the alphabet.
Modifying AEIOU
As of Version 1, only a Spanish version is included. In order to add other languages, we need:
- audio recordings of the letter names
- audio recordings of the picture names
- perhaps additional pictures, in order ensure there is a picture for each letter of the alphabet
There is a language-specific database file maintained in ./lessons/??/alphabet.csv where ?? is the 2-digit language code. The format of the CSV file is:
| letter | word | color (#RRGGBB) | image file | sound file (image) | sound file (letter) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | (r)atón | #F08020 | raton.png | raton.ogg | r.ogg |
Extending AEIOU
It would, of course, be fun to let the learner add their own pictures and sound recordings.
Where to report problems
You are welcome to leave comments/suggestions on the Talk:Activities/AEIOU page.
Credits
AEIOU was written and is maintained by User:Walter. He was inspired in part by the work of Maria Perez, Fundación Zamora Terán