Inside: A fun, free printable letter sound matching game for children in PreK to year two learning to distinguish initial sounds of the alphabet.
Printable Letter Sound Matching Game
Thanks to a fabulous teacher Miss Five is all about alphabet sounds, letters and words at the moment. In fact, she walks around the house sounding out simple CVC words, identifying the beginning sound of names and objects like a it’s a game, and her attempts at writing are so much fun – featuring lots of meaningful letter-sound representations.
To encourage her interest we are playing lots of games with letters, sounds and words, including one of her favourites, the BAM learning game – it’s a great game for practising all sorts of learning facts, from times tables to geography facts! To be doubly sure that she has a good grasp of all of the most common sounds that the letters of the alphabet make when in the initial letter position, I created this printable letter sound matching game for beginning sounds (scroll down for access to the free download).
It can be played with a complete alphabet set of any letter tokens – letter beads, alphabet magnets or Scrabble letters – the choice is yours.
Alphabet Resources (these are Amazon links):
Pair this resource with the following alphabet activities and you’ll have the start of a great early literacy center for school or home – Alphabet Memory Matching Card Game, Printable Alphabet Mazes and Alphabet Scavenger Hunt Printable.
How to Play the Letter Sound Matching Game
The Letter Sound Matching Game is super simple to play – have your child identify the item shown in a picture square and then find the letter bead or tile with the same initial sound and place it on top of the picture.
Printing Your Letter Sound Matching Game
Click here to download: Initial Sounds Alphabet Matching Game. Save the PDF to your computer. Open the PDF and print. When printing, select “Fit to printable area” (or similar) to ensure the page fits with your printer type and local paper size (these have been created at A4 size). For durability, print onto matte photo paper or lightweight cardstock and laminate. Graphics by LittleRedsClipArt.
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Christie Burnett is a teacher, presenter, writer and the mother of two. She created Childhood 101 as a place for teachers and parents to access engaging, high quality learning ideas.
