In this popcorn blends activity, K-2nd Grade children spin a blend, sort 12 picture cards into popcorn boxes and fill in a practice page, with an answer key included for quick checking.
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.
This word work activity lets kindergarten and 1st grade students build CVC words with color-coded consonant and vowel tiles, then write each word. An answer key is included for quick checking.
Using the Blends, Digraphs, and Trigraphs Activity, students create lists of words that have beginning and ending blends, digraphs, or trigraphs.
Practice beginning sounds with this consonant sounds activity for Preschool through 1st Grade. Kids stack picture scoops on letter cones, then finish a practice page. Answer key included.
In this consonant digraphs ch sh th wh activity, Kindergarten to 3rd Grade students sort 16 picture-word cards by their first sound, with an answer key included for easy checking.
Kids build short-vowel words with pumpkin tiles in this Fall CVC Mat Activity for preschool to 1st grade. Answer key included, so checking each word mat is fast.
This CVC word mats activity helps preschool to 2nd grade students build and spell short vowel words with letter tiles, with a practice page and an answer key included.
A CVC vowel activity for preschool to 2nd grade with 15 picture clip cards, a write-the-word sheet and a practice page. Answer key included to check every short vowel.
This apple cvc mat activity lets PreK-1st grade students build short-vowel words with apple letter tiles on 12 picture mats. Practice worksheet and answer key included.
This beginning consonant blends activity gives Kindergarten to 2nd Grade readers 12 picture clip cards, a recording sheet and a practice page, with an answer key included, so they can hear and write r-, l- and s-blends.
In this final consonants activity, kindergarten and 1st grade children say each picture name and sort the cards by the last sound: t, g, n or p. Answer key included.
This b and p beginning sounds sort activity has PreK-1st grade students say each picture name and sort it by its first sound. Answer key included.
This spelling short vowel words CVC words activity has Kindergarten and 1st Grade students build words with frame and vowel cards and sort real from made-up words. Answer key included.
consonants activity, consonant sounds activity, phonics activity
This letter roll beginning sounds activity has K-1st grade students roll a letter die, say its sound and find a matching picture card. Answer key included for quick checking.
This beginning sounds b, p activity has PreK-1st grade students clip b or p on 12 fun Bee or Pig? picture cards, then write the letter. Answer key included for quick checking.
This CVC short vowel sounds activity has kindergarten and 1st grade students read CVC word cards and sort them under five snowmen by vowel. Answer key included.
UsingSound Hound Sounding Out Words Activity, studentsplay Sound Hound to practice sounding out words with three sounds (3-4 letter words).
This CVC activity - real and nonsense words has kindergarten and 1st grade students blend tooth word cards and sort them as real or nonsense. Answer key included.
B, c, d... hear the sounds!
Kindergarteners learn the sound each consonant makes, so b says /b/ like ball and m says /m/ like moon. They listen for the first sound in a word (sun starts with /s/), then the last sound (cat ends with /t/). Once they know the sounds, they blend them with short vowels to read and write simple words. Later in the year many classes also meet sh, ch and th. The click moment comes when a child points to a sign and says "That starts with /p/, so it might say pizza!"
Consonant sounds are the building blocks of reading. These moves make them stick.
Play a letter song and act out its sound, like popping a balloon for D. Kids remember the motion and the sound together. Revisit the songs for any sound that's still wobbly.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withLetter D Song - Pop the Balloon with the Letter DSongsOpen it →Show pictures and have kids sort them by beginning sound. Start with two very different sounds, like b and m, then add more. Saying each picture name aloud is the key.
Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withBeginning Sounds B C D Pictures WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Once kids hear first sounds, move to last sounds. Stretch a word like "dog" and have kids touch their toes on the final sound. Ending sounds are harder, so practice them often.
Why it works: the National Reading Panel found that systematic, explicit phonics teaching clearly improves how children learn to read.
Try it withEnding Sounds WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Sound games kindergarteners can't get enough of.
ActivitiesKids match pictures to their beginning and ending sounds in a hands-on activity.
Open Beginning and Ending Sounds Activity →
ActivitiesBuild simple words with letter cards and read them to a friend.
Open Word Work Activity →
WorksheetsFind the pictures that start with the trickiest letters of the alphabet. Yo-yo, zebra, x-ray!
Open Beginning Sounds X Y Z Pictures Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Popcorn Blends Activity, Beginning and Ending Sounds Activity and Word Work Activity.
Consonants are all the letters that aren't vowels (a, e, i, o, u). Kindergarteners learn the main sound each consonant makes, like /b/ for b and /s/ for s.
Say a word slowly and emphasize the first sound, like "mmmoon." Ask your child what sound they hear first. Play "I spy something that starts with /b/" around the house.
Sounds that look or sound similar, like b and d, or m and n, can be tricky. Letters with more than one sound, like c and g, also take extra practice.
The first sound is easier to hear because it comes first. Kids need practice holding the whole word in their head to hear the last sound. Stretching words slowly helps.
Loved by 2 million teachers & families
Printables, songs and games for every subject, Preschool through 6th. Ready to teach today, and kids beg for more.
