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PHONICS & BEGINNING SOUNDS WORKSHEETS

Phonics & Beginning Sounds worksheets — printables for age 4.

Beginning sounds, rhymes, blending and word building — every sheet works on paper with a parent sound script. Every sheet twins with a real game in Phonics & Beginning Sounds (Class 28) — download the PDF, print from the page, or play online.

A detective fox with a magnifying glass beside pictures of a sun, a sock, a cat and a dog.

Sound Detective Age 4Class 28Phonics Detective ear training on paper: a target sound, three pictures — circle every one that starts with it. View Worksheet

Two treasure chests waiting for picture cards to be sorted by their beginning sound.

Treasure Chest Sounds Age 4Class 28Phonics Six picture cards, two treasure chests: cut them out and sort by beginning sound. View Worksheet

Frogs on lily pads with pictures of a cat, a hat, a dog and a log.

Rhyming Frog Hop Age 4Class 28Phonics Words that rhyme share their ending — hop each frog word to its rhyming partner with a drawn line. View Worksheet

A friendly robot with sound boxes showing the word cat built letter by letter.

Robot Sound Blender Age 4Class 28Phonics c…a…t — say the robot sounds slowly, write each letter, and read the whole word back. View Worksheet

Songbirds beside pairs of pictures that share beginning sounds.

Birdsong Sound Match Age 4Class 28Phonics Two birds of a feather: connect the pictures that share their beginning sound. View Worksheet

A friendly elephant blowing sound bubbles beside rows of small pictures.

Elephant’s Sound Bubbles Age 4Class 28Phonics A letter in the bubble, three pictures below — circle every picture whose word starts with that sound. View Worksheet

A pirate parrot beside words with missing first letters and picture clues.

Pirate’s Missing Sound Age 4Class 28Phonics The pirate stole the first letter of every word! Write it back: _at, _un, _og. View Worksheet

An ice cream shop counter with rhyming picture pairs waiting to be matched.

Ice Cream Rhyme Shop Age 4Class 28Phonics Rhyme orders at the ice cream shop: match the pictures whose words share their ending. View Worksheet

A smiling crocodile beside words waiting for their ending sounds to be chomped.

Crocodile Sound Chomper Age 4Class 28Phonics The crocodile chomps ENDINGS: say each word and circle the letter it ends with. View Worksheet

A kangaroo beside words with jump circles waiting to be counted.

Kangaroo Sound Jumps Age 4Class 28Phonics How many sounds live in a word? Tap-jump a circle for every sound you hear. View Worksheet

Muffin words with missing middle vowels beside a bank of the five vowels.

Muffin Middle Sounds Age 4Class 28Phonics The middle vowel ran away from every muffin word! Circle the vowel that fits: c_t, h_n, d_g, s_n. View Worksheet

An owl librarian beside two shelves waiting for picture cards sorted by first sound.

Owl’s Sound Sorting Library Age 4Class 28Phonics The owl’s library needs sorting: every picture card goes to the shelf of its first sound. View Worksheet

A penguin drummer beside words and drum circles waiting to be tapped.

Penguin Syllable Drums Age 4Class 28Phonics Drum the syllables: say each word, color a drum for every beat you hear. View Worksheet

A raccoon sneaking between rows of three pictures where one begins differently.

Raccoon’s Odd Sound Hunt Age 4Class 28Phonics Three words start the same, one is the odd raccoon — circle the impostor. View Worksheet

A submarine scanner beside words with first and last sound boxes.

Submarine Sound Scanner Age 4Class 28Phonics Scan the word front to back: do you hear the sound at the START or at the END? Circle that box. View Worksheet

A bunny village with an -at house and an -an house waiting for word cards.

Bunny Word Family Village Age 4Class 28Phonics Two word-family houses on Bunny’s street: -at and -an. Cut the word cards, read them, glue them home. View Worksheet

A sloth on a slide beside s-words whose first letter is already placed.

Sloth’s Blending Slide Age 4Class 28Phonics Slide down the blending slide: the first letter is given, sound out the rest, finish the word. View Worksheet

A unicorn beside words transforming into new words with swapped first letters.

Unicorn Sound Swap Age 4Class 28Phonics Magic swap: change ONE sound and the word turns into another word. cat becomes hat! View Worksheet

A dinosaur conductor beside train cars waiting for the letters of cat, dog and sun.

Dinosaur Sound Train Age 4Class 28Phonics Three train cars per word: say the sounds, write the letters, read the word — chugga chugga! View Worksheet

A monkey beside b_d, p_g, c_p, f_x and h_t with the five vowels waiting.

Monkey’s Missing Middle Age 4Class 28Phonics The monkey dropped the middle of every word! b_d, p_g, c_p — feed the monkey the vowels. View Worksheet

Fireflies glowing beside words whose sounds must be counted, not their letters.

Firefly Sound Counting Age 4Class 28Phonics Fireflies flash once per sound: count the flashes — sounds, not letters! View Worksheet

A polar bear beside frozen words waiting to be rebuilt letter by letter.

Polar Bear Word Builder Age 4Class 28Phonics The polar bear’s words are frozen! Unfreeze them: say the sounds and write each letter. View Worksheet

A mermaid beside words whose last letters switch to make new words.

Mermaid’s Sound Switch Age 4Class 28Phonics The mermaid switches the LAST sound: cat becomes can, cup becomes cub. Make the swap, write the new word. View Worksheet

A winding path to a dragon’s cave lined with pictures, some starting with the s sound.

Dragon’s Secret Sound Paths Age 4Class 28Phonics A winding path to the dragon’s cave: circle every /s/ picture you pass on the way. View Worksheet

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