Alphabet match ALL x26 letters (grey set)

What’s included?

Includes ALL x26 alphabet letters with the same colour (grey) outline - so sets can be used in any combination - mix and match which letters/sounds to focus on depending on the needs of your learner/s. This download includes x22 pdfs, portrait and in colour each featuring five/ten images that all begin with one sound - a b c d e/o f g h i/u j k l m n p q r s t v/y w x/z. Letter ‘x’ is the only exception where the x sound is at the end of those words/images.

What’s included?

This download includes x22 pdfs, portrait in colour each featuring ten/five images that all begin with one sound for learners to match - the grapheme and the image with that initial sound.

What’s it for?

This resource is to enable learners to practise identifying the first (initial) sound (phoneme) of objects (images) and match these with the correct, matching letter (grapheme).

Letters have been grouped into coloured sets (red, orange, yellow, green and blue - also available). However, this grey set enables adults to focus on the sets learners need additional exposure to.

Who’s it for?

This resource has been designed for early years children, pupils in year one as well as older students needing additional learning support, revisiting any/all of these sounds.

How to use it?

An adult prints the letter sheets (that are required) out (ideally onto card) and cuts along the dotted lines, including to separate the ‘letters’ from the ‘images’. Instructions are included on each sheet itself. These pieces (images and letters) can then be placed on a table top for learners to match. Learners are to match the image with the correct initial letter sound as a two part mini jigsaw puzzle. Each letter only fits the images which have the same initial letter (except x where learners match the end/final sound).

This is a fun and engaging way to practise recognising these letters and identifying the correct initial letter (phonics) sound for five/ten images (per letter).

Resource Details

The images chosen all have a clear initial letter sound at the beginning but are not words which can easily be sounded out. The focus of this activity is purely to identify the initial letter sound for these images - the cross (top right of each image) indicates that these images are not for sounding out.

A sound-out-able (!) version of this ‘Alphabet Match’ activity (with matching worksheets) for every letter (using Phase 2 and 3 sounds only) is available.

The layout of every letter/sound in this set is in the same format, making this a predictable and structured activity, ideal to keep learners engaged and independent. This is a fun and engaging way to practise recognising these letters and identifying the correct initial letter (phonics) sound for ten (or five) images (per letter).

Important message…

ANY issues with any of this resource please don’t hesitate to get in touch - we are happy to make changes.