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Today I’m sharing a giant set of free picture cards for developing vocabulary, promoting critical thinking, and learning alphabet sounds!

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Today I’m excited to share a project I’ve spent many hours on…  alphabet picture cards.  If you print the whole download, you get 192 bright photo cards for all kinds of early learning!

I printed the pages on cardstock, laminated them, and cut them apart.  Now I have a beautiful set of cards that will last for years!

10 ways to use my alphabet picture cards

1. Talk about the pictures.  My Two was very excited when he saw the cards and wanted to look at the pictures with me.  He sat by the window with a small stack and named each picture, with my help.  While your child may not want to use them this way, you can talk about the pictures as you sit together.

“What’s this called?  What can you do with it?  Is it something you would like to eat?  Where would you find it?”

(Note: These are not designed to be flash cards.  Please remember that young children have short attention spans and may lose interest after a handful of cards.  No problem!)

2. Find the picture.  Put the cards out in a grid and name the one you want your child to find.  This is excellent vocabulary building for toddlers and young preschoolers, who may not know as many words as you think they do.

 Case in point:  Our Two (soon to be three) is a bright little boy, but often mixes up basic vocabulary.  For the longest time whenever a fly came into our house, he would yell, “A bee! A bee!”  One day he announced confidently, “Flies make honey!”  🙂

3. Sort the pictures.  We started by sorting the pictures into things we can eat and those we can’t.  For a sorting exercise, you’ll probably want to go through the cards and select a stack that will work well for the activity.

Try these sorts for toddlers and preschoolers:

These are more challenging and are best for older preschoolers and up:

4. Which one doesn’t belong?  This will take a little bit of preparation on your part, but it’s worth it for a fun activity!  Set up four cards, and have your child find the picture that doesn’t belong.

The possibilities are endless!  You can make these simple or challenging.  Here are just a few ideas.  Can your child find the one that’s different?

5. Find the rhyming picture.  Set out a few cards and name a word that rhymes with one of the pictures. Have your child find its matching rhyme. You can use nonsense words too!  Don’t be afraid to say, “Can you find the word that rhymes with bapple?”

6. Find the picture with 1, 2, or 3 syllables.  For example, put out the carrot, bat, and ambulance cards.  Tell your child to find the picture whose name has just one syllable.  Help him clap the words so he can identify “bat” as the correct answer.

7. Sort by beginning sound.  When you print the alphabet cards (available as a separate download), you can use them as headers for the columns.   Give your child just two sets of cards, for two different letters. Help him identify the beginning sound and sort.

8. Sort by ending sound.

9. Can you find the mystery picture?  Before children are ready to learn to read, they need to be able to hear how sounds come together. You can practice this with these cards.  Put out a set of cards and tell your child, “One of these is the mystery picture!  Here’s my clue.  I want you to point to the answer.”

Then say the sounds of a word, pausing in between each sound.  For example: “/a/ /p/ /l/.”   Eventually your child will be able to hear how the sounds come together to make a word, and he’ll choose the picture of the apple.

10. Which picture doesn’t belong? 

This time, instead of focusing on what the pictures mean, focus on the words themselves.  Help your child know what you’re looking for.

What you’ll get in the download:

• 8 bright photo cards for each letter (but only 4 for letters q, x, y, and z)
• For each vowel, you’ll find 4 pictures for the short sound and 4 pictures for the long sound.
• For letters c and g, you’ll find 4 pictures for the hard sound and 4 pictures for the soft sound.

Want to save printer ink?

Print the smaller set.  You’ll get just 4 pictures for each letter, but you’ll still get 8 total pictures for each vowel.  You’ll also have 8 total pictures for letters c and g.

How to print

Print the pages front to back, starting on page 2. (Page 1 is my Terms of Use.)  Be sure to set it up to flip on the short side.  Do a practice page first!  The backs of the cards are the names of each picture (see above). If you don’t want those, just print the even numbered pages.  Be sure to print on cardstock to make these sturdy!  If you laminate them, they should last for years.

How to store

This may be the coolest part! I designed the cards to fit in 3×5 index card boxes.  Get a long box or two smaller ones to store the entire set (the smaller set will store in just one small box).  Be sure to get some A-Z dividers so you can find what you need in a hurry.

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Reading begins with our ears. Hearing the sounds in the words we speak and sing is one of the first steps toward understanding letter/sound relationships. Rhyming, blending and segmenting syllables and phonemes (sounds), and identifying the beginning, middle and ending sounds in words are crucial literacy activities for preschoolers and kindergarteners. That is why I created this Beginning Sounds Picture Cards Sorting Activity!

Beginning Letter Sounds in Kindergarten:

BUILDING STRONG PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS BEGINS IN PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN

IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUAL SOUNDS IN WORDS HELPS CHILDREN MAKE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ORAL LANGUAGE AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE.

Early phonological awareness includes rhyming, clapping syllables, segmenting words by each sound, and identifying initial/middle/ending alphabet sounds in words.

While it’s equally important to teach the alphabet letter names and sounds, phonemic awareness should come first.

The beauty of working on phonemic awareness skills is that it easily fits into quick transitions throughout the day. Sing the alphabet song or silly rhyming songs, ask children to repeat word pairs that begin with the same sound, or clap syllables when transitioning to “re-cess” or “lunch. ”

I also like to teach kids to look in a mirror as they isolate a sound so they can see what their mouths are doing. Exaggerate sound production to help kids discern between sounds that are similar and often confusing, like /th/ in thin and /f/, or /m/ and /n/.

The beginning sounds pictures for kindergarten include header cards with upper and lower case letters A-Z and four alphabet picture cards for each letter.

Get kids really thinking about sounds and how we produce them to further their understanding. Here are some questions to keep in mind as children sort the picture cards.

• What sound do you hear at the beginning of the word?
• Do you know the letter that makes that sound?
• What other pictures/words have the same beginning sound?
• How do you make that sound with your mouth? Tongue? Breath? Throat?
• Can you sing/stretch that sound, or is it quick?

Why Is It Important For Kids To Manipulate Sounds?

Distinguishing sounds in a word, and later manipulating those sounds help children make important connections as they begin to learn more about printed words.

There are five levels of phonological awareness. It’s important to guide students through each level with lots of modeling, scaffolding, games, sound worksheets, center activities, and repetition.

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How To Use The Beginning Sounds Picture Cards

BUILDING PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS WITH EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNERS

PROVIDE A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES TO KEEP WORDPLAY FUN, INTERACTIVE, AND NEVER TEDIOUS.

All you need to do is print the beginning sound pictures and alphabet heading cards onto white card stock and laminate them.

Then, cut the pictures and headings apart.

Place the activity at the literacy center. Here are the steps for the learning activity:

1. Lay all the letter activity cards on the floor.
2. Place the picture cards in a pile.
3. Draw a card, name the picture, and identify the first sound in the word.
4. Find the corresponding letter and place the picture card beneath it.
5. Repeat!

As always, there are many ways to differentiate the activity or get creative with how you use it. You might even use the letter cards to introduce the alphabet to preschool students.

Other Ways To Use the Kindergarten Beginning Sounds Cards:

Alphabet Cards

Use the ABC cards to learn letter names and sounds, sort them by shape, or put them in ABC order.

Create a Book

Cut the printed sound picture sort pages in half and staple them into a book with one letter per page and initial sound pictures the students can flip through any time.

Letter Matching

Print a double set of letter cards for students to match the letters of the alphabet.

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Sensory Bin

Teach a letter sound per week and fill the sensory bin with objects that begin with that letter.

Rhyming Skills

Put all of the pictures in a pile. Draw a card, name the picture, and then make a silly rhyme (ie., apple/bapple, or juggle/muggle).

Ending Sounds

If some of your students have mastered beginning sound activities, challenge them to identify and sort by the ending sound.

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Live sounds and letters in pictures for children

Sounds and letters in pictures give the child the first ideas about sounds and their graphic images - letters. The manual is designed in such a way as to affect the emotional side of the child, which in turn contributes to better memorization.

For example, the letter O is a picture of a girl with a bad tooth. “Oh-oh-oh,” says the girl, her tooth hurts. Pay attention to the girl’s head is round, like the letter O, the head is tied with a handkerchief, which resembles the letter O in shape, the mouth shows the correct arrangement of the organs of articulation when pronouncing the sound [O]. And below is a description of the correct pronunciation of the sound. nine0003

Thus, living letters give the child a visual image, include an emotional color, evoke the necessary associations, include all channels of perception: visual, auditory (an adult speaks first), motor (we repeat the actions shown in the picture), tactile (we trace the outline of a letter with a finger or lay out from stones, beads, counting sticks).

This manual can be used as letters for kids who only teach them, speech therapists about parents. This is a good option for children with delayed speech development, children with impaired sound pronunciation. nine0003 The sound and the letter H is a picture of a horse to which the child says: "N-n-n-but-but." The sound and the letter M is a picture of a bear that growls: "Y-y-y-s. " Please note: the child's teeth are closed, lips are in a smile, we pronounce the sound [s].

Learn the letter Y, tasks with the letter Y for preschoolers and schoolchildren.

The sound and the letter E is a picture of a boy who shouts in the forest: "Uh-uh!". Living letter O picture of a girl with a toothache.

Tasks with the letter O for preschoolers and schoolchildren.

The sound and the letter X is a picture of a girl who blows on her palms, saying: "X-x-x." The sound and the letter Zh is a picture of a beetle that looks very similar to the letter Zh. What the beetle does, of course: “Zhzh”.

Tongue twisters with Zh sound

The living letter P is a picture of a balloon that burst, making the sound: “P-p-p”. Living letter and sound Sh is a picture of a snake that hisses: "Shhh." nine0002 Automation of the sound Ш in words

The letter T is a picture of a hammer that knocks and makes a sound: "T-t-t. " The letter A is a picture of a girl who cries and makes the sound: "Aaaa."

Tasks with the letter A. Learn the letter and sound of A.

The sound and the letter G is a picture of a goose that cackles: "G-g-ha-ha." The sound and the letter B is a picture of the drum being beaten: "B-b-b."

Learning the letter G. Tasks with the letter G for children. nine0012

The letter U is a picture of a ball that is blown away with a sound: "U-u-u-u". The letter F is a picture of a candle that must be blown out, pronouncing the sound: "F-f-f."

The letter C is a picture of a teapot that whistles when it boils and makes a sound: “Ssss”. The letter D is a picture of a machine gun that shoots with the sound: "D-d-d."

Sound Automation C

The letter H is a picture of a girl who raises her finger to her lips to pronounce the sound: "Ch-ch-ch." Sound Ts picture of a boy who asks for silence with the sound: “Ts-ts-ts”. nine0002

Sound and letter E picture spruce. Sound and letter Y picture iodine.

Learning the letter Y. Tasks with the letter Y

The sound and the letter R is a picture of a dog that growls: "Rrr". The sound and letter Yo is a picture of a hedgehog.

Learning the letter R, tasks with the letter and sound R

Patter with sound R

The sound and the letter M is a picture of a cow that mooes: “Mmmmmmm”. The letter K and a picture of a gun that shoots with the sound: "K-k-k." nine0002 Learning the letter M, tasks with the letter M

Poems about the letter M

The letter B is a picture of a pipe in which the wind howls: "V-v-v." The sound and the letter And the picture of the needle.

Learning the letter I. Tasks with the letter I

The letter Z is a picture of a mosquito that makes a sound: "Z-z-z. " The letter L is a picture of a ship that makes a sound: "L-l-l."

Audio Automation W

Sound and letter Yu picture of a spinning top. Sound and letter I picture of an apple

Letter b Letter b

Poems about the soft sign b

Learn b, b sign. Tasks with letters b, b

The sound and the letter Y is a picture of a train that is humming: "U-u-u."

Tasks with the letter U. Learning the letter U

Author: Kochugova N.P. "Sounds and letters: Picture material for mastering the syllabic structure of the word." nine0118

All maze letters on one page.

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The "Sounds and Letters" manual consists of several independent parts Sounds and letters - the beginning of a word

Manual in PDF format I will send to your email for 110 rubles.

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The manual has 10 pages, each page has 7 words, total 77 words

The task is available to children who know letters.

Task:

Say the name of the picture aloud. Name the first sound of this word. From the five letters, choose and circle the one that denotes the first sound of the word.

The required letters can simply be circled.

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58.02. Sounds and letters - the end of the word

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The manual has 10 pages, each page has 7 words, total 77 words

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Say the name of the picture aloud. Say the first sound of this word. Of the five letters, choose and circle the one that indicates the last sound of the word. nine0003

Plus 7 words on a sample sheet (this page is not in the manual)

You can simply trace the letters you need, or you can color in the box with the letter.

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58.03. Sounds and letters - an extra letter

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Task:

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