January 29, 2025

FREE Popping Popcorn Beginning Sounds Games

These Beginning Sounds Games are a great way to work on learning beginning letter sounds while playing a fun game. Use these free printable phonics games as part of a literacy, alphabet, or phonics activity with preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first graders. Simply print the initial sounds games and you are ready to play and learn with the beginning sounds match activity.

Beginning Sound Games

Learn phonics and beginning sounds with our fun and educational content designed for kids! Discover the foundations of reading through engaging activities and games. Help your little ones develop their literacy skills and spark a love for learning in a playful way. Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler – you will love this low-prep activity for helping students learn the beginning sounds of the letters of the alphabet. One of the easiest ways to help kids learn and remember is to have them learn while having fun. Children will learn the beginning sounds through these thirteen beginning sound games.

Beginning Sounds Printable

Start by scrolling to the bottom of the post, under the terms of use, and click on the text link that says >> ________<<. The pdf file will open in a new window for you to save freebie. This activity would be best if printed on cardstock.

Print out the game board and laminate for durability.
Children will need two small markers and another small object such as a coin to play the game.

Beginning letter sounds

Phonics beginning sounds refer to the sounds that we hear at the beginning of words. It is an important aspect of reading and helps children learn how letters and sounds are connected. Mastering phonics beginning sounds can help improve reading skills and build a strong foundation for literacy.

Initial Sounds Games

To Play:

These game boards comes in black and white only.
Children can decorate the game boards before laminating if desired.
Print out the game board and laminate for durability.
Place the two small markers on the popcorn box.

Phonics games for beginning sounds

Gently toss a small object onto the game board.
After it lands on a picture, identify the beginning sound.
Move the first marker onto the letter sound.
Toss and continue to move the markers up the popcorn rows.
The first marker to the top piece of popcorn wins.

Beginning sound match

This fun and free printable set coes with 14 different begginning sounds games. Each set has a focus letter sound and cute clipart in black and white to engage kids.

These free printable Beginning Sound Games are a great way to work on learning initial sounds while playing a fun game. Use this beginning sounds games as part of a beginning sound, alphabet or literacy study or for extra work. Simply print the letter sound games for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students and you are ready to play and learn!

Help kids work on learning the sounds letters make with these super cute, free printable, beginning sounds worksheets. These initial sounds worksheet pages help pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students practice matching letters with their phonemic sound. There are four different beginning sounds activities in this NO PREP beginning sound worksheets for kindergarten. Simply download pdf file with beginning sounds worksheets free and you are ready to work on kindergarten phonics!

Kids will love this super cute, construction preschool phonics activity! In this beginning sounds activity preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten age children will practice identify what sounds letters make to match the forklift with the correct box. Children can also work on matching upper and lowercase letters by adding a 2nd box to each construction vehicle. Use this with a constrution theme or hands-on Simply print pdf file with initial sounds activities and you are ready to play and learn using construction activities for preschoolers.

Make listening for initial sounds in words FUN with this beginning sounds match! Use this hot cocoa themed phonics activity in December, January, and February. The winter printables has kindergarten, pre-k, and first grade students sort the phonics marshmallows into the correct alphabet mugs based on the beginning sounds for kids. Add this phonics printable to your winter theme for literacy. Simply download pdf file with the beginning sounds game to make learning fun even if it is cold and snowy outside!

FREE Beginning Sounds Worksheets - Prek, Kinderarten, and first grade students will have fun practicing identifying beginning sounds of alphabet letters with this fun, NO PREP, phonics activities #phonics #beginingsounds #kindergarten

Alphabet Letter Matching Beginning Sounds Game

These Beginning Sounds Games are a great way to work on learning beginning letter sounds while playing a fun game. Use these free printable phonics games as part of a literacy, alphabet, or phonics activity with preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first graders. Simply print the initial sounds games and you are ready to play and learn with the beginning sounds match activity.

Looking for a fun beginning blends activity to help students learn to read, write, and spell initial sounds? These free printable Beginning Blends Games are a great way to work on learning beginning blends while playing a fun game. Use these initial consonant blends printable game with kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd graders. Whether you use this as a supplement to your phonics activities, a learning center, or a stand-alone activity - this is sure to make learning to read fun!

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Initial Sounds Activity

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Help kids practice short o words cvc with this super cute and free printable Cut and Paste worksheets you can turn into a short o word booklet. This short o cut and paste is a fun way for preschool, pre k, kindergarten, and first grade students to practice sounding out and spelling short vowel words.

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Kids will have fun making their very own alphabet book printable with our free printable alphabet mini books pdf! Just color, fold and read this super cute and handy alphabet printable. There are 26 books - an alphabet books pdf for each letter of the alphabet. This alphabet books for each letter resource is super handy to introduce each letters with an abc printable for toddler, preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten age student. Simply print printable alphabet book pdf and you are ready to play and learn!

These free printable Phonics Beginning Sounds Do a Dot Printables are a perfect way for preschool, pre k, and Kindergarten students to practice finding letters that match the initial sound of the cute clipart pictured. Children will love that they can use do a dot markers to practice phonemic awareness and phonics skills!

Are your students working on figuring out ck k? Figuring out if words end with the ck or k spelling can be tricky. We have a fun, free printable spelling game to help your kindergarten and first grade students practice! Simply download and print the spell ck puzzles!

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Enhance your child's phonics skills with these FREE Printable Beginning Sounds Games that reinforce initial sounds with no-prep activity!

Beginning sounds activities

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Beth Gorden

Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! With over 20 years educating children, she has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids alphabet, math, science, English grammar, history, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables – www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com. Beth studied at the University of Northwestern where she got a double major to make her effective at teaching children while making education FUN!