Beginning Sounds: Match
Connect each picture to the letter that starts its name.
Free printable alphabet worksheets for preschool and kindergarten. Match, trace, review, and connect letters to sounds.
Choose one page that matches the skill you are practicing today, then keep the activity short and repeatable.
Connect each picture to the letter that starts its name.
Complete simple picture words by writing the first letter.
Say each picture word and practice writing its first letter.
Match each capital letter with its lowercase partner.
Trace capital letters and practice writing them.
Connect letter names with their beginning sounds.
Practice a small set of capital and lowercase letters.
Complete each capital and lowercase letter pair.
Listen for the /a/ sound, then match and find pictures like alligator, ambulance, anchor that begin with it.
Listen for the /b/ sound, then match and find pictures like book, bear, bed that begin with it.
Listen for the /c/ sound, then match and find pictures like cap, cloud, cow that begin with it.
Listen for the /d/ sound, then match and find pictures like dice, dinosaur, doll that begin with it.
Listen for the /e/ sound, then match and find pictures like eggplant, elevator, elf that begin with it.
Listen for the /f/ sound, then match and find pictures like fire, five, flag that begin with it.
Listen for the /g/ sound, then match and find pictures like gorilla, grass, guitar that begin with it.
Listen for the /h/ sound, then match and find pictures like hamburger, hanger, helicopter that begin with it.
Listen for the /j/ sound, then match and find pictures like jacket, jar, jeep that begin with it.
Listen for the /k/ sound, then match and find pictures like kettle, keyboard, king that begin with it.
Listen for the /l/ sound, then match and find pictures like ladder, lighthouse, lips that begin with it.
Listen for the /m/ sound, then match and find pictures like magnet, mango, melon that begin with it.
Listen for the /n/ sound, then match and find pictures like nachos, nail-polish, neck that begin with it.
Listen for the /o/ sound, then match and find pictures like oar, octagon, olive that begin with it.
Listen for the /p/ sound, then match and find pictures like pan, panda, pear that begin with it.
Listen for the /r/ sound, then match and find pictures like radio, rain, rainbow that begin with it.
Listen for the /s/ sound, then match and find pictures like sandwich, saw, shark that begin with it.
Listen for the /t/ sound, then match and find pictures like table, telephone, tie that begin with it.
Listen for the /v/ sound, then match and find pictures like vacuum, vampire, viking that begin with it.
Listen for the /w/ sound, then match and find pictures like walrus, water, well that begin with it.
Alphabet knowledge includes more than reciting letter names. Children also need practice noticing uppercase and lowercase forms, forming letters, and connecting a letter to a familiar sound. This small collection keeps those jobs concrete with matching, tracing, missing-letter, and letter-sound pages. Use the pages alongside books and objects so the printed letter always connects to something the learner can say and recognize.
Each page keeps the response manageable while giving children a chance to hear, say, read, or write the target skill.
Name the letter before tracing or matching it.
Connect the letter to a familiar object or word.
Ask the learner to find the same letter in a book or name.
A letter name is what we call the letter, like B. A letter sound is the sound it makes at the start of a word, like the /b/ in ball and bus. Children usually learn names first, then sounds.
Each page introduces one letter and its beginning sound, shows three picture words that start with that sound, then asks the learner to match pictures to the letter and find more words with the same beginning sound.
Most children are ready once they can recognize several letter shapes and hear that some words begin the same way. Short, playful practice with pictures works best — a few minutes a day beats a long session.
Every worksheet is completely free to download and print — no accounts, no paywalls.
Clean PDFs sized for US Letter, perfect for home printers or the classroom.
Simple layouts and playful pictures designed to keep kindergarteners engaged.
Quick to prep and easy to use for morning work, centers, or extra practice.