Preview: Beginning Sounds A–Z
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📖 Concept
Every word starts with a sound. Listen to the first sound and write the letter that makes it: cat → c, sun → s.
✏️ Section A - Write the beginning letter (A–M)
✏️ Section B - Write the beginning letter (N–Z)
✏️ Section C - Which word starts with...
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About This Beginning Sounds A–Z Worksheet
This free printable beginning sounds A–Z worksheet covers all 26 initial letters in three graded sections. Kindergarten and grade 1 students say each word aloud, listen for the first sound, and write the matching letter. Print on US Letter or A4 paper and use the answer key to check work quickly.
What Students Will Learn
Students build phonemic awareness — the ability to hear and isolate the first sound in a word — and connect that sound to its letter. This is the foundation of decoding and early spelling.
How Teachers Can Use This Worksheet
- Say it first: Say each word aloud together and stretch the first sound ('ssssun') before students write.
- Sound sorts: Use the words as a sorting activity: pile words by first sound, then write.
- Exit ticket: Say a word and ask each student to give its beginning letter.
How Parents and Homeschoolers Can Use This Worksheet
Play the shopping game: 'I'm thinking of something beginning with /s/.' Stretch the sound, let your child guess, then reverse roles.
Skills Covered
beginning sounds · phonemic awareness · letter-sound correspondence · early decoding · A–Z