Beginning and Ending Sounds Activity
This beginning and ending sounds activity uses 12 picture clip cards and a recording sheet so preschool to 1st grade students find first and last letters. Answer key included.
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How to Teach Beginning and Ending Sounds
This beginning and ending sounds activity helps young children hear the first and last sound in a word. Every picture names a short consonant-vowel-consonant word, like dog, sun or pig. Children say the word slowly, listen for the sound at the start and the sound at the end, and find each letter on the card. The activity works for preschool through 1st grade, and an answer key is included.
How to Use the Activity
Print the clip cards on one side of the paper and cut on the dashed lines. A child picks a card, says the picture name and clips a paper clip on the letter in the Begins row, then moves the clip to the letter in the Ends row. On the Sound Recording Sheet the vowel is already printed, so writing the first and last letters builds the whole word. This first and last sounds activity fits a phonics center, small-group reading or a quick morning warm-up, and a kindergarten practice page reviews the skill with six new pictures.
What’s Included
- A colorful cover page
- A How to Use page with steps and prep
- 12 picture clip cards with Begins and Ends letter rows
- A Sound Recording Sheet
- A kindergarten practice worksheet: write the first and last letters
- A clip card answer key and a practice answer key
Why This Activity Helps Kids
- Listening for the first and last sound builds phonemic awareness for reading.
- Matching each sound to its letter connects sounds to print.
- Writing the letters around a printed vowel shows how sounds build a word.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
After children finish the beginning and ending sounds activity, ask them to sort the cards by first sound or hunt the room for something that starts with the same letter. At home, say a word aloud and take turns naming its first and last sounds.
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