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Reading · Ages 3–5 · 12 minutes

Pre-K Reading: Hear the First Sound

Children pull a familiar object or character from a read-aloud and listen for its first sound before matching a letter or picture.

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Pre-K Reading: Hear the First Sound

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Today I am practising: connecting a story-picture word to its first sound

1

Choose a picture from a book: sun. Say sun and stretch its first sound.

2

Circle s for sun.

3

Choose cat. Say its first sound and point to c.

4

Find one book picture that starts like your own name.

5

Draw one object with the same first sound as dog.

6

Tell an adult the first sound in one picture you chose.

Grown-up guide
  1. Choose only pictures whose names are unambiguous to the child.
  2. Say the word naturally, then stretch only its beginning sound.
  3. Use two letter choices if needed; hearing the sound is more important than reciting letter names.