Unicorn Sound Swap Worksheet for Ages 4–5
Magic swap: change ONE sound and the word turns into another word. cat becomes hat!
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.
Phoneme manipulation is the advanced class of phonemic awareness — and this sheet makes it a magic trick. Swapping the first sound (cat→hat) shows your child that words are built from replaceable parts.
- Changing the first sound of a word
- Writing the new word
- Understanding words as sound chains
- Reading both words aloud
On the sheet: Swap the first sound and write the new 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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