Hearing Beginning Sounds Resources

Missing Letter: B and C Words

Short A Photoshoot

Kids find everything with a short A sound without seeing the words spelled out.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Game

Missing Letter: B and C Words

In this worksheet, your child will say the name of each picture, listening to the beginning sound, then write the missing letter that completes the word.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Blending Sounds Hopper

Segmenting Quiz: Beginning Sounds

Blending Sounds Hopper

Kids must hop on the word that matches the letter sounds they hear.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Game

Segmenting Quiz: Beginning Sounds

Kids isolate and identify beginning sounds in this phonics game.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Game

Letter Sounds Quiz

Letter Sounds Quiz

Your early reader matches vowel and consonant sounds with objects.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Game

Blending Words

Blending Words

In this fun blending lesson, students will get a chance to read and spell grade level words. This can be used as a stand-alone lesson or support for the Cooking Up Blends lesson plan.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

M Is For...

Blending Sounds and Spelling Words

M Is For...

Help your preschooler learn the alphabet and practice letter M sounds all while having fun and coloring!

Preschool

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Blending Sounds and Spelling Words

Use this fun kinesthetic awareness and spelling lesson to help your ELs practice identifying and blending together the sounds in common CVC words. It can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for Letter Roll Reading.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Word Family Letters

Word Family Letters

In this fun lesson, students will learn about letter writing while practicing reading and spelling words in the same word family. This can be used as a stand-alone lesson or as support to the lesson Pop! Pop! Pop! Words in the -Op Family.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Play With Reading

Play With Reading

Learning and reviewing letters can be lots of fun! Students will learn and release some energy as they participate in a variety of get-up-and-go reading games.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Reading Games

Trace and Write the Letter D

Reading Games

ELs will get plenty of practice identifying letters as they go on an alphabet scavenger hunt in this fun letter-focused lesson plan. Can be used as a stand-alone or support lesson for the **Play with Reading** lesson plan.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Nursery Rhyme Phonics

Workbook

Nursery Rhyme Phonics

Bust a rhyme with your pre-reader! Teach alliteration as simple letter sounds, sing songs, and untangle tongue twisters in this wordplay workbook.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Workbook

Trace and Write the Letter D

Dolphin, dinosaur, and donut all begin with D! On this prekindergarten writing worksheet, kids trace D and write the letter next to pictures that begin with D.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Phonological Awareness

Vocabulary Cards: Hands on Reading

Phonological Awareness

Use this helpful phonological awareness lesson to introduce or review the beginning and ending sounds in CVC words with your ELs. This can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the Color it Out lesson plan.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Trace and Write the Letter B

Vocabulary Cards: Hands on Reading

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Hands on Reading.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Trace and Write the Letter B

Barn, bell, and balloon all begin with B! On this prekindergarten writing worksheet, kids trace B and write the letter next to pictures that begin with B.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Put it Together

Put it Together

Use this helpful segmenting and blending worksheet to practice reading common CVC words with your kindergarten students.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Farm Alphabet Bingo

Classroom Animal Alphabet Book

Farm Alphabet Bingo

In this lesson, students will fill their barns with farm animals by matching, identifying, and connecting the sounds of letters with their symbols.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Phonemic Awareness: Blending

Classroom Animal Alphabet Book

This lesson allows students to nourish their inner writers and artists by creating catchy sentences and decorating alphabet letters.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Phonemic Awareness: Initial Sounds

Phonemic Awareness: Blending

Blending sounds together to make words is an essential skill for young learners. Give first graders the practice they need by reading sounds aloud to them, and asking them to identify the word they hear.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Phonemic Awareness: Segmenting

Phonemic Awareness: Initial Sounds

Assess your students’ ability to isolate the initial sound in a word.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Things that Start with B!

Phonemic Awareness: Segmenting

Assess your students’ ability to segment beginning, middle, and ending sounds in this verbal phonemic awareness worksheet, perfect for helping beginning readers practice hearing and isolating distinct sounds.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Phonemic Awareness: Beginning & Ending Sounds

Things that Start with B!

From learning alphabet sounds to working on spelling this worksheet is ready to go as an alphabet game for your child, featuring the letter B!

Preschool

Reading & writing

Worksheet