Submarine Sound Scanner Worksheet for Ages 4–5
Scan the word front to back: do you hear the sound at the START or at the END? Circle that box.
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.
Sound POSITION is a skill of its own: hearing whether s sits at the front of sun or the back of socks. The sheet shows the first and last letter of each word — your child listens and circles the right position.
- Identifying sound position (first/last)
- Focused listening to word structure
- Contrasting word starts and endings
- Building scanning habits
On the sheet: Circle FIRST or LAST — where do you hear the sound?
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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