Reading Readiness Skills for Kindergarten - Beginning Phonics

Reading Readiness Skills for Kindergarten  - Matching Sounds to letters- Sounds and Letters

Phonics - Matching Sounds to Print (letters) - Free Template Below and lists of words with 2 sounds, 2 letters; 2 sounds, 3 letters; 3 sounds, 3 letters and 3 sounds, 4 letters

(phonological Awareness) Sound Boxes Moving to (phonics) Letter Boxes
Sound Letter Boxes

Letter Boxes

List of Words for Sound Boxes (They are said aloud to children)

Blending Short Vowel Sounds

Building the Word Shown in the Picture

Building the Word Shown in the Picture

Building the Word Shown in the Picture

Building Short Vowel Words Completed Example

Building Short Vowel Words Student Practice Page

Building Short Vowel Words Completed Example

Building Short Vowel Words Student Practice Page

Additional Practice Activities
Sorting Mat and Sorting Picture Templates Below

Sorting Board Template

Sorting Picture Template

Circle the Picture that Ends in the Sound the Two Letters Make Completed Example

Student Practice Page

Building Words Assessment
The test is said to the child
Have your children name the letter representing the sound changed

Picture/Word Cues

 Video

All The Building Blocks

Reading Readiness Skill For Kindergarten - Just Sounds, No Print (Words)

Access Knowledge and Practice Activities

Just Sounds, No Print (Words) - Hearing Individual Sounds in Words
Sound Boxes - Free Template Below and lists of words with 2 sounds, 2 letters; 2 sounds, 3 letters; 3 sounds, 3 letters and 3 sounds, 4 letters

Free Sound Box Template

List of Words for Sound Boxes (They are said aloud to children)

Just Pictures, No Print (Words)
Free Template (Sorting Mat and Pictures)

Sorting Board Template

Sorting Pictures
Just Pictures, No Print (Words)

Circle the Picture that has the Same Beginning Sound
1. /c/ cake and cat, 2. /d/ dog and doughnut, 3. /f/ fish and frog,  4. /g/ groundhog and gate, 5. /l/ lemon and lion, 6. /s/ sun and star, 7. /t/ train and ten, 8. /w/ whale and whistle
Just Pictures, No Print (Words)
Free Template Below

Same Beginning Sound Template
Just Pictures, No Print (Text)

Circle the Words that Rhyme
1. /ake/ rake, cake;  2. /at/ cat, bat; 3. /ee/ tree, bee; 4. /ell/ well, bell; 5. /an/ fan, pan; 6. /og/ frog and log, dog; 7. /ick/ chick, kick; 8. /ew/ stew, flew
Just Pictures, No Print (Text)

Circle the Words that Rhyme Template
Just Pictures, No Print (Words)

Modeled Activities
Sound Boxes

Beginning Sound Sort

Rhyming Words

Building Blocks

Easy to Make, Fun to Calculate

Easy to Make, Fun to Calculate

Materials Needed: Template below, tag board, paper clips and brads

In the example below, the student landed on  30, 3 and 4.  30 + 3 - 4 =29 

Templates include the example, additional template with all addition and templates to fill in using the numbers you choose for students. 

Ready to Use Templates

Fill In Addition and Subtraction Templates

Addition Fill in Templates

Hidden Picture Math Hack

Giraffe, Red Fox and Elephant Hidden Picture

Student Practice Page

Positional Words Modeled Writing
This is where you will need to decide.  Teaching left and right is difficult.  Since we were in front of and not beside the three characters, I chose  to reference left and right from the writer (student) perspective.  Older children might be able to complete the activity as if they were the characters.  The student writing page is open-ended to choose perspective.

Student Writing Page

Completed Writing  Practice Page

Another Example

Crossword Puzzle

Alphabet Activities - Missing Letters, Uppercase, Lowercase and Beginning Sounds

Filling in the Missing Letter Activities

Uppercase Letters

Lowercase Letters

2nd Uppercase Letters

Lowercase Letters

Modeled Example 

Answers:1. cat, 2. doughnut, 3. frog, 4. gate, 5. lion, 6. star, 7. ten, 8. whistle 

 Student Practice Page

Alphabet Chart

Video

sorting beginning sounds