Muffin Middle Sounds Worksheet for Ages 4–5
The middle vowel ran away from every muffin word! Circle the vowel that fits: c_t, h_n, d_g, s_n.
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.

What your child practices.
Middle vowels are famously the last sounds children hear — this sheet gives them focused practice with the five vowels as a bank. Saying the word stretched out (“cuuuup”) makes the middle sound shout itself.
- Hearing middle (vowel) sounds
- Telling a, e, i, o, u apart
- Writing the heard vowel
- Checking by re-reading the word
On the sheet: Write the missing middle letter of each word.
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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