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Printable for teaching letter sounds

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If you’re wondering how to teach letter sounds, you’ll love this free printable and video tutorial!

Today I’m sharing a printable that I’m using with my four-year-old to help him master letter sounds.

And it’s working!

Here’s how it works.

  • Print the letter sounds book.
  • Cut apart the pages and staple together on the far left.
  • Print the pictures and cut them apart. Save them in a zip-top baggie with a glue stick.

  • Sit down with your learner one-on-one.
  • If your learner knows any letter sounds, glue down the pictures for those letters.

  • Each time you sit down with the book (ideally every day, but at least 3-4 times a week), have your learner name the letter, sound, and picture for each page that has the image glued down.
  • If your learner is confident with all (or most) of the sounds you’ve introduced, teach a couple more and glue down the pictures.
  • Keep practicing until your learner knows all the sounds.

Check out this video to see how it works!

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72 Comments

  1. Maria

    March 27, 2023 at 10:05 pm

    Hello,
    Can you tell me what picture you are using to represent the X sound? It isn’t clear to me. I was left with what looked like a husky or fox and a possible bubblegum machine.

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    • Heather Groth, Customer Support

      March 28, 2023 at 2:25 pm

      Hello Maria! To accurately hear the /x/ sound, we chose a picture with /x/ at the end, so you are correct that the fox is the match for that one! The gumball machine picture goes with /g/ for gum. 😃

      Reply to this comment
  2. sara

    January 31, 2023 at 9:18 pm

    I can’t download the letter sound book, it keeps having me subscribe, which I did, please help

    Reply to this comment
    • Heather Groth, Customer Support

      February 1, 2023 at 12:35 pm

      Hello Sara! Our system shows that the letter sounds book was emailed out to you last night. You may need to check to see if it ended up in your spam folder by mistake!

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  3. Jaime

    February 2, 2022 at 9:56 am

    Thank you so much for sharing this resource! I think there is some value to having the keyword before the sound and wonder if you would consider modifying or making another version that does this. Your little boy’s model of the “c” page is a perfect example of why this scaffold is important for beginning learners. Thanks again for sharing.

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    • Heather Groth, Customer Support

      February 2, 2022 at 1:45 pm

      Hi Jaime! Look for an email from our team about this, thank you!

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  4. Anna

    January 13, 2022 at 10:04 am

    I love this but I can not get the book stapled. I was wondering if you used a special stapler to staple it.

    Reply to this comment
    • Heather Groth, Customer Support

      January 13, 2022 at 7:57 pm

      Hi Anna! When Anna created it she used a regular stapler with regular copy paper. It was a tight fit, but it did work with those! If you’re having trouble with the stapling, you could instead turn it into two books, with half of the alphabet in each.

      Reply to this comment
  5. Jeritta

    December 23, 2021 at 3:42 pm

    The link for the book leads to something else.

    Reply to this comment
    • Heather Groth, Customer Support

      December 26, 2021 at 7:09 am

      Hi Jeritta! The link seems to be working for me. Can you try it one more time and then email us at hello@themeasuredmom.com if it’s still not working properly for you? Thank you!

      Reply to this comment
  6. Tera

    November 9, 2021 at 10:11 am

    Just found this printable for my kindergartner who is struggling with letters and sounds. Thanks a bunch!

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    • Heather Groth, Customer Support

      November 9, 2021 at 8:03 pm

      We hope it will be a big help for him, Tera! You can find even more of Anna’s tips in this short, 10 minute podcast, https://www.themeasuredmom.com/quick-tips-for-teaching-letter-sounds/.

      Reply to this comment
  7. Carol

    December 22, 2020 at 11:53 am

    Thank you so much for this amazing little book! I am using it with one of my students, who is struggling to remember letter names and sounds, everyday and it is really helping to make a difference. She loves it and is growing in confidence. She now has 11 letters and sounds and asked to read her book to the rest of the class. Thank you!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      December 22, 2020 at 5:41 pm

      Yay! Thank you so much for letting us know how it’s working, Carol! This is great to hear. 🙂 I absolutely LOVE that she wanted to read it to the class!

      Reply to this comment
  8. Shanthi

    August 10, 2020 at 4:58 am

    Thank You so much Anna for guiding teachers like me with Preschool education. Wonderful resources.I use them extensively.

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  9. SENTHILKUMAR

    May 30, 2020 at 12:37 am

    hi mam,
    such a wonderful person u are. all ur resources are very useful and usable by my children. i refer your website to many other teachers. because of you my primary school children could read and write.
    u reply to all the comments in midst of ur blog work also. so nice of you.
    thankyou so much.

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    • Anna G

      May 30, 2020 at 8:38 pm

      Thank you so much for passing along my site! I’m so glad you can use my resources. 🙂

      Reply to this comment
  10. Tyler

    May 25, 2020 at 8:25 pm

    I was wondering if you have a printable for this where it is the alphabet one time only to save pages? So A-Z just once. Thanks!!

    Reply to this comment
    • Kate Dowling

      May 28, 2020 at 3:48 pm

      Hi Tyler!

      This is Kate, Anna’s assistant. This printable only comes in one version. We hope you can still use it!

      Reply to this comment
  11. Lisa

    May 23, 2020 at 7:12 am

    May 23, 2020
    Thanks for your help. I’m so excited to share this to my grand daughter who’ll start this coming school year as Kindergartner..

    Lisa

    Reply to this comment
  12. nicole

    May 21, 2020 at 3:38 pm

    Thank you for this wonderful Letter Sound book. This is a perfect partner to go along with Sounds In Motion! I will definitely recommend it to my families.
    Thanks for all you do,
    Nicole

    Reply to this comment
  13. Deirdre O'Brien

    May 21, 2020 at 11:56 am

    Hi Anna, Your website has been a lifesaver for me during online learning. Thank you so much for your beautifully designed materials. I noticed in your ‘How to Teach Letter Sounds” printable that the mouth picture for /r/ was incorrect. I really love this resource, but /r/ is a really difficult sound for many students and it would help to have an image to go with the letter to work on this sound.
    thank you for all your support!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      May 22, 2020 at 5:14 am

      Thanks, Deirdre! I am at the mercy of the clip art artist. 🙂 I’ve reached out, and if she provides an alternate picture for /r/ I’ll swap it out. 🙂

      Reply to this comment
  14. Jeanne

    May 19, 2020 at 12:48 am

    Thanks so much for the letter sound book. I can’t wait to use it next fall with my new group of kids.

    Reply to this comment
  15. Julie Francis

    May 18, 2020 at 5:04 pm

    Hi Anna,
    Thank you so much for your willingness to share. I truly appreciate that. I agree that the mouths getting ready to make the sounds are genius. I was wondering what you thought about the idea of teaching sounds before teaching letter ID? I have been hearing some buzz around this sequence of letter learning.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      May 20, 2020 at 6:31 am

      I don’t think it’s necessary, but I don’t think it’s harmful, either. 🙂 If you’re a member of our online course Teaching Every Reader, we get very specific on why we prefer to teach letter names first.

      Reply to this comment
  16. Rasha

    May 18, 2020 at 3:50 pm

    Why I can’t receive my free printable?

    Reply to this comment
    • Kate Dowling

      May 19, 2020 at 12:59 am

      Hi Rasha!

      This is Kate, Anna’s assistant. We’re sorry you had trouble! There was a problem with the link, and Anna fixed it. Please try again and let us know if you still have trouble!

      Reply to this comment
  17. Trina

    May 18, 2020 at 2:39 pm

    Thank you for all the wonderful learning material you produce. I watched the video with my daughter she is a struggling learner and I found that she was very engaged listening to you and your son interact with the letters and sounds. Will you make more videos with your son?

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      May 18, 2020 at 3:55 pm

      I’m so glad this was helpful! If he were my only child I’m sure I’d make more, but it’s a lot to get a quiet house and a cooperative boy at the same time. 🙂 It also takes quite a bit of time to edit them. But I appreciate the feedback!

      Reply to this comment
  18. Sister Ronnie

    May 18, 2020 at 12:01 pm

    Thank you so much for including the visual and having a student (smile) your son who was willing to help out. My mind is already working on where and how I will definitely use the booklet.

    Reply to this comment
  19. Sally D Clark

    May 18, 2020 at 11:53 am

    I love this resource. I have an idea for a future version of this where you would trace the letters as you say them. So have arrows showing the direction we make the letters. Is this something you might do later?

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      May 20, 2020 at 6:34 am

      At this time I don’t have plans to update it, but I’ll file this idea in case I have time in the future. 🙂

      Reply to this comment
  20. Michelle Wade

    May 18, 2020 at 8:23 am

    Thank you for creating this valuable resource! I plan to use it with my intervention groups for those students who still do not have letter and sound mastery K-1.

    Reply to this comment
  21. Barbra

    May 18, 2020 at 6:46 am

    Thank you for the amazing activity Anna. I love it and I will use it to help the students distinguish the upper and lower case letters as well.

    Reply to this comment
  22. Karen

    May 17, 2020 at 7:48 pm

    Thanks Anna. Love this resource. I like the mouth emphasis to help them visualise.

    Reply to this comment
  23. Pam Wells

    May 17, 2020 at 7:15 pm

    Thank you so much for the video. It was very useful to go along with the book. I appreciate all the many things you provide especially the freebies.

    thank you for your kindness

    Reply to this comment
  24. Marcella Duenas

    May 17, 2020 at 7:12 pm

    I love this resource. I was wondering where you get the mouth pictures because I think it would be a great idea to have that just as a resource for my ESL students who may need the extra visual apart from the letters.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      May 17, 2020 at 7:21 pm

      You can buy them here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Christine-Obrien-Creative

      Reply to this comment
  25. Cathy

    May 17, 2020 at 5:42 pm

    Anna,

    This is fantastic! Thank you very much! I use mirrors a lot with my intervention students to help them learn sounds. We spend time talking about what their mouths look like and feel like and what their mouth parts are doing and where. These mouth illustrations are the best! 🙂

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      May 17, 2020 at 6:16 pm

      I’m so glad this is helpful, Cathy!

      Reply to this comment
  26. Sharon Aragon

    May 17, 2020 at 5:25 pm

    Hello,
    I enjoyed watching the How-to video and thought of applying it to my students with special needs. However, I can’t download the material, it’s asking for a password. I hope you can help me.
    Thank you,
    Sharon

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      May 17, 2020 at 5:25 pm

      Should be fixed now – could you refresh the page and try again?

      Reply to this comment
  27. Winnie Choo

    May 17, 2020 at 5:19 pm

    May I ask how many letter sounds should we teach each week? Is there a good number??

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      May 17, 2020 at 5:22 pm

      First you put in the ones your learner already knows (if any). The I would just do a few at a time – 2-3 new ones each time. If your learner knows all sounds really well, you can add more sounds the same week – maybe even multiple sounds a week. You just need to follow his/her lead. 🙂

      Reply to this comment
  28. Lisa

    May 17, 2020 at 5:17 pm

    HI there Anna!

    I teach grade one in Edmonton, AB. Canada!

    I tried to print out the Alphabet freebie you posted using the password MEASUREDMOMFALL, but it doesn’t work. Is there a different password that I am unaware of?

    Thank you for all of the wonderful teaching resources!
    Lisa Romo

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      May 17, 2020 at 5:20 pm

      Sorry! I fixed it and you should be able to download now without a password.

      Reply to this comment
  29. Winnie Choo

    May 17, 2020 at 5:16 pm

    I was so excited when I saw this but also can’t download because it needs a password ?.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      May 17, 2020 at 5:22 pm

      Sorry! Fixed it.

      Reply to this comment
  30. Corrina James-Ingle

    May 17, 2020 at 5:15 pm

    This is awesome!!!!!!!!!
    Just wondering if you have it for digraphs and other sounds?????
    Specially the ‘th’ sound.
    Thank you so much, i love you products and have so many of them. Just wish I could do something like it.
    Thanks
    Corrina

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      May 17, 2020 at 5:22 pm

      That’s a good idea! I don’t know if I can do it; it depends if she has clip art for it. But I can think about it.

      Reply to this comment
  31. ABRIL

    May 17, 2020 at 5:04 pm

    I can’t get the free printable! because it needs a password to download 🙁

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      May 17, 2020 at 5:11 pm

      Should be good now!

      Reply to this comment
  32. Sankari

    May 17, 2020 at 5:04 pm

    Hello,
    I was unable to download the free printables. It says the document is password protected. Could you please help.
    Thank you for all your wonderful resources.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      May 17, 2020 at 5:11 pm

      Should be good now!

      Reply to this comment
  33. Jennifer J Martin

    May 17, 2020 at 5:02 pm

    I was wondering how to access this freebie. When I click the link, it asks for a password. I have been looking for the password in this page and can’t find one. I watched the video 2 times, thinking it was there. Please advise. What have I missed?

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      May 17, 2020 at 5:11 pm

      Sorry! Fixed it!

      Reply to this comment
  34. Nanz

    May 17, 2020 at 4:34 pm

    Thank you Anna! I think this would come in handy. I’m gonna try this with my daughter. By the way, may I know how many minutes or hours do you spend each day for this activity?

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      May 17, 2020 at 5:11 pm

      As long as she’s interested – probably less than 5 minutes each time. 🙂

      Reply to this comment
  35. Della Guzman

    May 17, 2020 at 4:31 pm

    I love that you understand young learners and how they aquire language…your son is so sweet.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      May 17, 2020 at 5:22 pm

      Thanks, Della! I think he’s pretty sweet too. 🙂

      Reply to this comment
  36. Jennie

    May 17, 2020 at 4:14 pm

    This is amazing! I’m always looking for reuse in my classroom materials, so I was thinking that with this type of resource you could laminate and then put velcro (one side on the picture box and the other on the picture. It might make the book a little more bulky, perhaps put it on a binder ring, then.

    Thank you for the resource! I teach 2nd, but I was told by 1st grade (even before the school closures) that I was going to be getting some Level A readers next year…and who knows where they might be after all this time.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      May 17, 2020 at 5:23 pm

      Yes, you could definitely try that!

      Reply to this comment
  37. PAMELA J CLARK TURNER

    May 17, 2020 at 4:12 pm

    Dear Anna, First I want to say thank you for all your effort in making wonderful teaching tools for teaching kids how to read. I used a lot this year. Love the Freebies!!!! So I just downloaded “How to teach the letter sounds with the mouth shapes” What a great idea! My concern is the way that many educators teach the sound of Rr, making it sound like “er” instead of the Rr sound you hear when you say “rat or “rainbow”. The picture of the mouth that you have for Rr is so similar to how you hold your lips to make an Ll sound, but if you look at your lips when you are saying rat your mouth actually looks more like the way you hold your lips for the Ww sound. Check it out!!! I’d love your feedback because I am confused at some educators videos teaching the Rr sound that I have watched. “er” instead of “rrr”. Thanks, Pam

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      May 17, 2020 at 5:23 pm

      Thanks, Pam! I depend on the clip art that she includes, but if she updates the r I’ll switch it out!

      Reply to this comment
  38. Julie H

    May 17, 2020 at 4:06 pm

    Thank you for sharing this resource! I love this book and the pictures of the mouths are such a genius idea! This will be perfect for my interventions or even beginning of the year review with my kindergartners. I love your site and really appreciate the time you spend making and sharing your materials and ideas!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      May 17, 2020 at 5:23 pm

      Thanks so much, Julie!

      Reply to this comment
  39. Deborah

    May 17, 2020 at 3:44 pm

    Thank you so much for your wonderful website that you have. You are a blessing to all the hard working teachers out there. I have been a subscriber since forever. All the information that you impart helps us all. I do not know how you do it with your family and all the other things you get done. Thank you from all of us that appreciate your hard work.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      May 17, 2020 at 5:24 pm

      You are very kind, Deborah, thank you!

      Reply to this comment
  40. Nan Rzasa

    May 17, 2020 at 2:08 pm

    Hi! Have been enjoying your site for awhile. I have a question that I thought maybe you could help me with. I teach kindergarten and we were all about the worksheets and in the classroom. We put together a website in short order in March to teach distance learning. Could you share any sites that you use that are, of course, good and are paying or not paying. My eyes are tired, so tired of searching. Looks like we might be distance learning at least a couple of days in the week come fall 2020. Thanks in advance and keep up the good job!!!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      May 17, 2020 at 5:25 pm

      Ah, good question, Nan! I haven’t made a list of those, but I know a lot of blogs have. Here’s one from This Reading Mama. https://thisreadingmama.com/printable-learning-websites-list-kids/

      Reply to this comment

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