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Beginning sounds worksheets

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Looking for beginning sounds worksheets? We’ve got a set of 26!

I love these letter sounds activities because they're not your typical worksheet. Print one for each letter, and help your child cover the pictures that start with that letter's sound. Great for pre-readers!

In the download, you’ll get one page for every letter of the alphabet.  Each page focuses on a single sound, even for letters which have two sounds (a, e, i, o, u, g, and c) .  By naming the big picture at the bottom right, your child will be able to figure out the sound of the focus letter. (“/a/ /a/ Alligator.”)

I love these letter sounds activities because they're not your typical worksheet. Print one for each letter, and help your child cover the pictures that start with that letter's sound. Great for pre-readers!

I brought out the letter J page to try with my two-year-old (his birthday’s next month).  We began with J because it’s the first letter of his name.   He doesn’t recognize most of the alphabet, but he’s excited whenever he finds a J: “J is my letter!”

I wasn’t sure what to expect, because we haven’t done a lot of focused learning yet.  As it turned out, he was in no way ready for these!  I named each picture, slowly emphasizing the beginning sound, and comparing it to the /j/ sound.

“Look at the first picture.  Envelope.  /eh/, /eh/, envelope.”  Do you hear a “j” sound?”

“Yes!”

Even after working through the whole page, it was clear that he wasn’t grasping the concept of “beginning sounds.”   However, he loved naming the pictures after I did and covering them with the poker chips.

All this means is that he doesn’t have the phonemic awareness skill of isolating a word’s beginning sound.  No matter! We’ll be working on phonemic awareness and learning about the alphabet at an appropriate pace beginning in January.  It will all come together in time!

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How can you use these?

  • As a together time activity for your young child who is just starting to learn letters and sounds (that’s what we’ll be doing!)
  • As a review for an older preschooler or kindergartner who has a good grasp of the alphabet

How should you store these?

I left enough space at the top for you to hole punch them and put them in a binder.  If you print on cardstock, they’ll be nice and sturdy. No need to laminate unless you expect to get a lot of use out of them… if you’ll be using these beginning sounds worksheets in the classroom, laminating is a great idea!

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77 Comments

  1. Teresa

    August 24, 2020 at 7:47 am

    I am dying to try out this letter sound cover game but the click here link takes me to a Perry real estate site.

    Is there any way I could get this awesome set of worksheets emailed to me?

    Thank you so much for any help you can give.
    T

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    • Kate Dowling

      August 25, 2020 at 11:52 pm

      Hi Teresa!

      This is Kate, Anna’s assistant. Sorry you had trouble! The green box that says, “To get your free printable, CLICK HERE” is the box you want. Be sure to click it right in the middle so you don’t accidentally click on an ad. Enjoy these activity pages!

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  2. Alexa

    April 10, 2020 at 3:02 pm

    Does your copyright allow me to use these on Seesaw as an digital activity for my students? Only available to those students.

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    • Kate Dowling

      April 11, 2020 at 2:49 pm

      Hi Alexa!

      This is Kate, Anna’s assistant. Please check your email for a message from Anna. 🙂

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  3. Sue

    March 30, 2020 at 5:20 pm

    Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing freebie materials in this crazy , stressful time!!! Your sharing is very much appreciated…stay healthy 🙂

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  4. SHERLEY ANN C. CUARTERO

    July 8, 2018 at 2:15 am

    Hello…Your Instructional Materials is a great help as we teachers in the philippine specifically in Kindergarten to grade 3 are obliged to put up Literacy and Numeracy Station in our own classrooms..SALAMAT ,,…a Big thanks to http://www.themeasuredmom.com.. to teacher Anna..Thank you

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    • Anna G

      July 8, 2018 at 3:35 pm

      You’re welcome, Sherley!

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  5. Alesia

    January 11, 2018 at 1:36 pm

    Hi Anna, I love your resource! But got confused. For example the letter o and y represent different beginning sounds. Would be great if specify the teaching sound.

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    • Anna G

      January 11, 2018 at 1:37 pm

      I focus on short vowel sounds for most of my activities, since they’re harder to learn. I’m not sure what you mean by y having two sounds, though.

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      • Alesia

        January 11, 2018 at 2:08 pm

        I just mean that, for example, words yak and yo-yo have different beginning sounds, but the same letter. Am I wrong?

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        • Anna G

          January 11, 2018 at 2:29 pm

          Maybe we have different accents, but to me those are the same sound.

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  6. Dripti

    April 25, 2017 at 11:48 am

    Hi Anna!

    I love love love your resources. I am a teacher and your resources are helping me move away from worksheets.

    Thanks a ton for doing us a service by preparing all these resources.

    God bless you!

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    • Anna Geiger

      April 26, 2017 at 12:49 pm

      I am thrilled to hear that, Dipti! Thank you so much for your kind comment.

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  7. Nirmala G Krishnan

    March 4, 2017 at 12:36 pm

    Dear Anna,
    Lovely printables! Really helpful for my literacy sessions. I am able to work with the unique type of worksheets. Thank you so much for your passion and effort.

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    • Anna Geiger

      March 5, 2017 at 7:35 pm

      You’re very welcome, Nirmala, and I’m so glad you can use them!

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  8. Cindi

    March 1, 2017 at 6:15 am

    I use these letter sound pages in my pre-k classroom and they are wonderful! Thank you so much for offering these great resources!

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    • Anna Geiger

      March 5, 2017 at 7:35 pm

      Yay – I’m so glad to hear you can use these, Cindi!

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  9. Sam

    February 20, 2017 at 4:39 am

    Hi.
    Thanks a lot for allowing me down load some of your worksheets . The “letter sounds” material is really great. Well done and thanks again.

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    • Anna Geiger

      February 22, 2017 at 8:59 am

      You’re very welcome, Sam! Thank you for your kind comment.

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  10. Michelle Wyke-Thomas

    December 7, 2016 at 7:39 pm

    Thanks so much, this is perfect. I am a remedial teacher and it’s difficult to find worksheets that engage a child without causing them to feel it’s too babyish. The children love the hands -activity and willingly accept a challenge to race against me, or each other. They think of it as a game and make no fuss about the level (though this is what they need as children with learning difficulties).

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    • Anna Geiger

      December 7, 2016 at 8:13 pm

      That’s wonderful, Michelle! I love that you’re turning it into a happy competition. Thanks so much for taking the time to let me know how this is working for your students. That helps me so much when planning future printables.

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  11. Sarah

    November 8, 2016 at 9:51 pm

    Just wanted to say thank you. I just found these and my kiddo enjoyed the change of pace. It was great practice for the beginning sound we are working on. I am so grateful you create and share for free. It’s a huge blessing to homeschool families.

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    • Anna Geiger

      November 11, 2016 at 7:34 pm

      Thank you so much for taking the time to comment, Sarah! I’m so glad your little one enjoyed these. I love to create, and I’m thankful that homeschoolers can use my resources. 🙂

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  12. Cindi

    July 9, 2016 at 8:03 am

    These are wonderful! Thank you so much! I printed up several copies to laminate and use with clear flat marbles.

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    • Anna Geiger

      July 17, 2016 at 5:13 pm

      Yay – so glad you can use these, Cindi! My kids love glass gems too.

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  13. Cari

    April 20, 2016 at 4:36 pm

    I love your resources! I use some of the initial sound activities for speech sound practice. It would be great to see initial digraph ones too!

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    • Anna Geiger

      April 30, 2016 at 11:01 am

      I like that idea, Cari! Make sure you’re signed up for my newsletter so that if/when I have them available you’ll be able to grab them right away. 🙂

      Reply to this comment
  14. Letika Montanez

    January 21, 2016 at 11:34 am

    I am not finding the link to download the free letter sound worksheets on this page. Can you help?

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    • Anna Geiger

      January 21, 2016 at 12:11 pm

      Toward the end of the post, it says “Get the full set HERE.” Click on the word “HERE.”

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    • Letika Montanez

      January 21, 2016 at 2:09 pm

      Found it.

      Reply to this comment
  15. Pat

    October 24, 2015 at 11:11 pm

    I have been looking for your alphabet activity which involves letters printed across the top and the st. matches with either the same letter or lowercase right under it in a grid form. It is a sm. looking card on card stock. I think this is your idea and was wanting to print it. Thanks for all the great activities you create for learning!
    Pat

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    • Anna Geiger

      October 25, 2015 at 5:13 am

      What do you mean by “st.”?

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  16. Beverly

    October 16, 2015 at 9:33 pm

    I came to your site from a link and just want to say thank you. These are fantastic for my three and four year old preschoolers. I will be using them in small groups but I will laminate them first for durability. Thanks again. I will definitely be a regular visitor.

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    • Anna Geiger

      October 17, 2015 at 7:35 pm

      I’m so happy to hear that you can use my materials, Beverly, and thanks so much for visiting! I hope you keep finding lots you can use with your preschoolers!

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  17. Heather

    August 26, 2015 at 7:56 am

    For some reason, I cannot save any of your free materials. Am I doing something wrong? After I press the save button, chrome tells me that it has failed and that there is no file. I can print fine, but not save. Help!!! An aside, I also use and LOVE MS-publisher. thanks, HLC

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    • Anna Geiger

      August 26, 2015 at 9:21 am

      Are you right clicking on the word HERE and hitting “save as”?

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  18. Marisa

    March 21, 2015 at 11:31 pm

    Thankyou for making these great resources. I remember having the time to do things like this when I first started teaching but not any more. I’m glad there are those like you that can do this for me now.

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    • Anna Geiger

      April 7, 2015 at 8:20 pm

      I’m glad you can use them, Marisa!

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  19. Tanishe

    March 13, 2015 at 12:18 am

    Hi i love your printables, you labeled the 26 free beginning sounds worksheets rhyming clip cards. Keep up the excellent work,

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    • Anna Geiger

      April 7, 2015 at 8:20 pm

      Thanks for catching that, Tanishe – I finally changed it. 🙂

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  20. Stephanie

    March 10, 2015 at 10:36 pm

    I am also a teacher-turned-SAHM. I’m in my 2nd year of homeschooling my now 5yo daughter and am expecting #4 in a couple of months. I just want to let you know I’ve found lots of fun and useful stuff on your site for my 5 & 3yos.I really appreciate your great ideas and FREE printable! Bless you for your willingness to share!

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    • Anna Geiger

      March 19, 2015 at 8:14 pm

      Hello, Stephanie! I’m so glad you’re finding things here to use with your children. Congratulations on your upcoming baby! I hope you have a smooth transition into being a mom of four. I found going from 2-3 was really tough, but 3-4 and 4-5 were very smooth transitions — well, as smooth as adding a baby to your family can be. 🙂

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  21. zunruz

    February 28, 2015 at 3:51 pm

    Anna can you suggest me how can i make learning journals. and suggest some good weekly plans. I will be very thankful to u

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    • Anna Geiger

      March 3, 2015 at 9:49 am

      Hello! What do you mean by learning journals?

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  22. zunruz

    February 23, 2015 at 2:00 am

    well Anna thanks for sharing this wonderful resources and i am kindergarten teacher, as i am new in this field, it’s very very helpful.thanks once again.

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    • Anna Geiger

      February 28, 2015 at 9:05 am

      I’m so glad you can use them!

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  23. Cheree Lavergne

    February 18, 2015 at 4:35 pm

    Thank you so much for this activity. Can’t wait to use this with my kids!

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    • Anna Geiger

      February 19, 2015 at 11:50 am

      You’re very welcome, Cheree – have fun! 🙂

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  24. Kelly @RaisingSamuels

    February 18, 2015 at 2:06 pm

    What an amazing resource! Thanks so much for sharing!

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    • Anna Geiger

      February 19, 2015 at 11:50 am

      You’re welcome, Kelly – thanks so much for stopping by!

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  25. Kristy Biggs

    February 14, 2015 at 10:10 am

    I am a preschool teacher and I am so happy to find your free printable’s. Thank you so much. Kristy

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    • Anna Geiger

      February 19, 2015 at 11:50 am

      You’re very welcome, Kristy – I hope you find a lot of things to use here!

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  26. verna harrison

    February 7, 2015 at 5:23 pm

    Thank you.

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  27. SCiampa

    February 5, 2015 at 11:58 am

    Do you have any clip worksheets that help students with ENDING sounds?

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    • Anna Geiger

      February 6, 2015 at 2:18 pm

      Not yet, but I’m putting it on my to do list!

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      • Sciampa

        February 10, 2015 at 9:06 am

        Awesome, can’t wait! These are great! Thank you!

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        • Anna Geiger

          February 12, 2015 at 4:41 pm

          You’re very welcome!

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  28. Jasmine

    January 29, 2015 at 8:30 pm

    Thankyou very much for sharing these! The are fantastic!

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    • Anna Geiger

      January 31, 2015 at 2:40 pm

      So glad you can use them!

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  29. David Lisgo

    January 22, 2015 at 10:36 pm

    Great for reviewing vocabulary and sounds, and when they make a match they get to keep the chip. Going to laminate mine.

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  30. Jill

    January 9, 2015 at 1:33 pm

    I just wanted to say that I really appreciate all of the wonderful resources you create and share. They have been such a great resource for my classroom. Thanks for all of your hard work!

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    • Anna Geiger

      January 12, 2015 at 3:33 pm

      You’re very welcome, Jill!

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  31. Priya

    January 5, 2015 at 10:47 am

    This is very helpful. Will use these worksheet with my 4 years old. She can recognize begining sounds and these will be fun to review our sounds.

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    • jay

      January 24, 2016 at 12:50 am

      Don’t know how to print it out

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  32. Celine

    January 2, 2015 at 8:53 am

    I am just wondering what program or software you use in order to make your beautiful worksheets. I can’t seem to find any French worksheets anywhere and I want to make some for my girls, since we are French. Thanks.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      January 2, 2015 at 8:58 am

      Hi Celine! I use MS Publisher. It’s very easy to use, and I love it!

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