Beginning Sounds Animal Activity
This beginning sounds animal activity has PreK-1st grade students match animal pictures to words by their first sound and write each first letter. Answer key included for easy checking.
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Hearing the first sound in a word is a big early step toward reading and spelling. This beginning sounds animal activity gives preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade students a fun way to practice it. Children say the name of each animal, listen for its first sound, and match the animal picture to the word that starts with the same letter.
The pack has 12 animal picture cards and 12 word cards, each inside a cheerful paw print frame. The animals are a bear, cow, duck, fox, goat, kangaroo, lion, monkey, pig, seal, turtle and zebra, and every one starts with a different consonant. Children lay out the pictures, pick a word card, look at its first letter, and find the animal that begins with that sound. After the matching, they write the first letter of each animal on the Recording Sheet. A kindergarten practice worksheet then asks students to fill in the bubble for the first sound of eight new animals.
What’s Included
- A colorful cover and a How to Use page
- 12 animal picture cards on two cut sheets
- 12 animal word cards on two cut sheets
- A Recording Sheet for writing first letters
- A kindergarten practice worksheet
- Answer keys for the card matches and the practice page
Why This Animal Phonics Game Helps Kids
First, saying an animal name and finding its first letter links the sound, the letter and the printed word, which is the heart of phonics. Second, writing each first letter on the Recording Sheet gives early handwriting and spelling practice. Third, friendly animal pictures and a memory game keep children excited to practice the same consonant sounds again and again.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Use the beginning sounds animal activity at a literacy center, in a small group, or at home. Start with six animals, then add the rest. For a challenge, turn all the cards face down and play Memory to find each animal and its word. This preschool animals activity is also a quick warm-up before a phonics lesson.
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