In early literacy, phonemic awareness is a crucial skill for kids. Being able to identify the first sounds in words is essential for this skill. With that in mind, we have created this set of beginning sound worksheets to make learning enjoyable and interactive.
These free printables are ideal resources for enhancing early literacy skills at home or in the classroom. With bright illustrations of everyday objects, children will enjoy practicing their beginning sounds.
As a parent or teacher, you can support your children in mastering this skill through the worksheets.
There are more than 60 pages included in this set. You can download all of them down in the page.
What’s Included in Beginning Sounds Worksheets
Our free printable beginning sound worksheets are easy to use, effective and made for preschoolers. All they need are coloured pencils or crayons to complete these worksheets.
Here’s what’s included in these worksheets.
Colouring Pictures Start With Letter A-Z
These worksheets have pictures for each letter of the alphabet (A-Z).
The first set of worksheets helps children learn the alphabet and common images that start with each letter.
After they feel confident, they can colour the pictures that match the letters in the second set of worksheets. This will help them associate the letter with its sound and improve letter recognition.
Find Pictures For Letters
In this activity, children identify pictures that begin with a specific letter. It helps their phonemic awareness by linking sounds to images.
Find Beginning Letter
These worksheets encourage kids to find and circle the correct starting letter for different pictures.
This activity helps children in learning letter recognition and enhances their skill in identifying the first sounds in words.
Write Beginning Letter
When kids can write the letters, they can use these worksheets to write the first letter for different objects.
This helps them practice forming letters and learning sounds.
Why Learning Beginning Sounds Important
Helps with phonemic awareness
Recognising the first sound in words is one of the first steps in becoming a successful reader. It helps children understand how words are made up of different sounds, which is key for decoding (sounding out) words later on.
Encourages letter recognition
When children practice identifying beginning sounds, they also start to connect sounds with letters. This helps them with concept of letter-sound correspondence. This is an essential skill for reading and writing.
Improves spelling skills
Understanding and recognising sounds is also critical for spelling. When kids can recognise the beginning sounds of words, they can spell them more accurately.
Encourages Word Recognition
As kids practice beginning sounds, they start to recognise patterns in words which makes it easier to read simple words and progress to more complex ones.
Fun and engaging activities
Kids enjoy activities like colouring and matching, making learning playful and effective.
Other Resources You Might Love
If your child enjoys these beginning sound worksheets, they may also like other learning resources.
- Alphabet Colouring Sheets: Fun ways to introduce each letter of the alphabet.
- Phonics Activities: Help your child practice letter sounds and improve recognition with these activities.
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