Most preschoolers are ready to start learning letters and the sounds that they make by the time they are 3 years old. They will learn to develop phonemic awareness (listening for a sound in a word) and have an understanding of phonics (associating a letter with that sound that it makes) the more that you teach and review letter sounds with them.
Letter recognition and understanding letter sounds are the most important precursors to early reading and if you can give your child a jump start on these skills, they’ll be reading in no time!
Below, you can download 6 pages of beginning letter sounds worksheets for your students or young children to learn and practice their phonemic awareness.
These beginning sounds worksheets are a simple, no-prep way to have your preschooler or kindergartener listen and identify beginning sounds in words. This activity has your child or student draw a line to match the picture to the upper case letter for that sound.
Beginning letter sound worksheets will help them to develop phonemic awareness as they understand how sounds are used at the beginning of words and what letter makes that sound. These worksheets also don’t involve any writing so they are perfect for younger ages, such as 3 or 4 year olds.
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This is a multi step activity that helps students gain phonemic awareness and then phonics.
Children as young as two-years-old can start learning their letter sounds and may even be able to complete these beginning sounds worksheets free printable! You may need to assist with their line drawing, but this activity was designed for the youngest little learners in mind.
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I’m offering these beginning sounds worksheets to you as a free printable below. There are 6 worksheets to download which are split up into consonant letters and vowel letters if your students need a specific review of vowels only.
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Check out the full version of the activity packet, including letter sound identifying and writing, at my shop here.