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WORKSHEET · CLASS 28 · AGES 4–5 YEARS

Firefly Sound Counting Worksheet for Ages 4–5

Fireflies flash once per sound: count the flashes — sounds, not letters!

THE WORKSHEET

The full sheet, exactly as it prints.

This page is the worksheet’s home: see the whole sheet, download it or print it, and pass it on. Solving on screen happens in the class’s own activities on the Learning Path — this page is for the table, the kitchen and the fridge door.

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

What your child practices.

The famous trick question: shoe has four LETTERS but two SOUNDS (sh-oe). This sheet teaches children to trust their ears over their eyes — the deepest phonemic awareness there is.

  • Counting phonemes, not letters
  • Knowing two letters can make one sound
  • Careful segmenting
  • Explaining a count

On the sheet: Color one firefly circle for every SOUND in each word.

WHERE THIS FITS

The class behind it.

This worksheet belongs to Phonics & Beginning Sounds (Class 28) on the Age 4 learning path, and the whole phonics collection lives at /worksheets/phonics/. One finished sheet is a full session — download it, print it, and let the fridge door be the gallery.

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