Christmas Alphabet picture/grapheme cards to match (Single-sided)

What’s included?

This download includes x7 sheets, all portrait orientation, pdf format.

What’s it for?

These Christmas alphabet matching cards have been designed to be printed onto card to practise identifying the x26 initial Christmas-themed alphabet sounds. Learners match the initial sound for each image with the correct grapheme. A fun way for learners to practise their sound knowledge at Christmas.

This activity has been designed to be a simple, interactive, predictable activity to promote independence and consolidate learning. This activity is ideal for individuals to be getting on with independently.

Who’s it for?

This resource has been designed for early years children, pupils in years one as well as older students needing additional support with learning.

How to use it?

An adult prints these cards onto A4 card and and pre-cuts them into x52 separate rectangle cards.

The set of cards can then be shuffled and placed on a table top for learners to sort through and match. Learners could use this resource on their own or with adult support. Learners could also use this resource to order the cards alphabetically.

Learners look at each image and say this out loud. They then identify (verbally) the initial sound of the word e.g. for the first letter of the alphabet the learner would say “Advent Calendar” and then “a” (for ‘Advent’). Learners then look for the ‘a’ grapheme card to match the two cards together.

Resource Details…

This recourse includes x26 pictures - one (initial sound) for each letter of the alphabet and x26 matching grapheme cards - all Christmas themed. An extra 'n' for 'nutcracker' is also included (so x27 pictures and letter cards). This set also includes an ‘Answer sheet’.

The pictures included use words with clear initial sounds. Some images/words may be completely new to learners making these a talking point and opportunity to extend their ‘Christmas vocabulary’. For clarity all images are labelled on the right side of every grapheme card, e.g. ‘quince’ may easily be presumed to be a ‘pear’.

Pictures included:

• a Advent Calendar
• b bauble
• c cracker
• d dove
• e elf
• f fire/fireplace
• g gift/s
• h holly
• i invite/invitation
• j jingle bells
• k king (two versions of the ‘k’ grapheme are provided)
• l lantern
• m mistletoe
• n nuts / n - nutcracker (two ’n’ cards are included)
• o orange
• p pudding
• q quince
• r robin
• s star
• t tree
• u under (the tree)
• v Vixen (a reindeer!)
• w wine
• x Xmas
• z zest (of lemon/oranges, lemon pictured)

x2 versions of the grapheme 'k' card are included as some learners may be more familiar with one font style than another - two 'king' cards are also included.

The answer sheet has been designed for learners to use and check answers independently, encouraging autonomy.

Important message…

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