Alphabet Letter Mats – Beginning Sound Match

Description

This alphabet sorting mat activity includes both letter recognition and beginning sound match options with or without vocabulary words. This beginning sound picture match activity can be adapted for use with students in preschool, kindergarten and first grade. Simply print, laminate and cut and your students will be exploring letters and beginning sounds in a fun and engaging way.

How can this Alphabet Letter Mats – Letter Recognition & Beginning Sound Match resource be adapted for students of differing abilities?

• Sort and match the uppercase and lowercase letters (preschool)
• Sort the beginning sound pictures – with vocabulary words (preschool / kindergarten)
• Sort the beginning sound pictures – no vocabulary words (kindergarten / first grade)

What’s included in this Beginning Sound Card & Mat Sorting Activity:

• 26 alphabet mats (black and white): one for each letter of the alphabet
• 26 alphabet mats (color): one for each letter of the alphabet
• 104 alphabet letter cards: four for each letter of the alphabet in different fonts and uppercase and lowercase format
• 156 picture cards (black and white): with the option to print vocabulary word on the back, 6 for each beginning sound
• 156 picture cards (color): with the option to print vocabulary word on the back, 6 for each beginning sound
• 156 word and picture cards (black and white): 6 for each beginning sound
• 156 word and picture cards (color): 6 for each beginning sound

Here are the letter and word cards included:

A: alligator, axe, apple, ant, astronaut, anchor, acorn, alien, angel
B: butterfly, bee, baby, bicycle, boat, barn
C: cow, cake, cactus, castle, caterpillar, cat, car, cup
D: day, doll, donut, door, desk, diamond, dinosaur, dog
E: elephant, elbow, egg, exercise, elk, eggplant, envelope, elf, ear,easel, eagle, eat, eraser
F: four, farm, family, football, feather, food, feet, frog
G: game, garden, gas, gate, gift, girl, goat, gorilla
H: hand, hook, honey, hippo, hanger, hat, helmet, hammer
I: ice cream, icicle, iron, ivy, insects, igloo, iguana, instruments
J: jello, jar, jacket, jellyfish, jewelry, juggle, jump, jungle, jelly, jam
K: key, kangaroo, karate, kayak, keyboard, kitchen, kids, kiwi, kite
L: lemon, ladybug, leaf, lighthouse, lion, ladder, lantern, llama
M: magnet, mailbox, mermaid, mirror, macaroni, monkey, monster, muffin
N: nachos, nine, needle, ninja, nail, noodles, nose, numbers
O: omelette, octopus, office, ox, orange, ocean, oatmeal, ostrich
P: panda, pear, pickle, picnic, penguin, pie, pinwheel, pirate
Q: quiver, q-tip, quarter, quill, quiz, quilt, question, queen
R: read, robot, rocket, rose, rake, ring, racket, rhino
S: slide, sandals, sandwich, seal, seven, soccer, soup, superhero, sailboat
T: ticket, telescope, tiger, tornado, tree, tie, table, taco
U: unicycle, uniform, UFO, umbrella, utensils, unicorn, umpire, upside down, umbrella
V: vegetables, vest, violin, vulture, vote, volcano, vacation, vacuum
W: windmill, whale, watermelon, watch, whistle, wheel, witch, window
X: x-ray, xylophone, axe, wax, mix, fox, fix, box (Please note that this section is not only beginning letter sounds due to the lack of clipart available.)
Y: yoyo, yawn, yarn, yacht, yolk, yam, yard, yell
Z: zipper, zoo, zucchini, zeppelin, zap, zigzag, zero, zebra