Alphabet match - letters a e i o u (Red set)

What’s included?

This download includes x3 pdfs, portrait in colour each featuring ten/five images that all begin with one sound - a, e, i, o, u.

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).

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 each sheet 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 - the image with the matching/correct initial letter sound as a two part mini jigsaw puzzle. Each letter only fits the images which have the same initial letter.

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).

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 to be sounded out.

I have grouped the letters of the alphabet together. This sheet is part of the ‘Red Set’ and designed to be used with letters a, e, i, o, u. Exploring this set together gives learners the opportunity to become more familiar with these letters by looking at them more closely. Other sets in this same design are 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.

Resource layout

The font used is ‘Sassoon Infant Std’ - size 120, so a large, ‘easy to read’ size.

The images included for each letter are:

• a accordion add ambulance anchor ankle apple arrow astronaut avocado axe

• e envelope elephant exercise or exercises engine edge or edges

• i incense injection instruments iguana invitation

• o office orangutan orchid orange olive or olives

• u umpire (here - for cricket) upholstery underwear umbrella bird under (the table!)

Important message…

ANY issues with any of this resource please don’t hesitate to let us know - we are happy to make changes.