Farm Alphabet initial sound/grapheme match

What’s included?

x6 sheets, landscape orientation, pdf format (grapheme/picture cards and small list) plus x1 sheet, portrait orientation (larger A4 list). x7 sheets in total.

Who’s it for?

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

What’s it for?

This Alphabet Farm Animal set is designed to help young learners practise their alphabet knowledge and initial sounds by matching letters (graphemes) with corresponding farm animal/s.

There are various benefits and ways to use this resource, including:

Phonics (initial sound matching) - linking each letter (grapheme) with the name of an animal or object (nest) that starts with that sound, reinforcing initial sound recognition (e.g., 'a' for alpaca, 'b' for bull, 'c' for cows, 'd' for ducks, 'i' for insects, 'l' for lamb or llama, 'n' for nest or newt, 't' for turkey, 'v' for vole, 'w' for worm, 'y' for yak)

Matching - learners can match the grapheme card (e.g., 'd') with the picture card of the animal or object that starts with that letter (e.g., a donkey or ducks)

Learning Vocabulary - a list (included) provides multiple animals for some letters (e.g., 'm' for mole, mouse, moth, mare). The cards could be used to prompt discussion about other words that start with the same letter

Vocabulary Expansion - introducing a wide variety of farm, country, and related animals and terms (e.g., alpaca, badger, foal, hedgehog, llama, newt, quail, snail, vole, worm)

Display - the cards could be used as part of an alphabet display or interactive wall chart in a learning environment

Flashcards - the cards can be used individually to test letter recognition, sound-grapheme correspondence, and vocabulary recall

How to use this resource?

Picture/grapheme cards

• Pages 1 -6

An adult cuts out the square letter (grapheme) and picture cards following dotted lines. The cards can then be shuffled and placed on a table top for learners to match.

Resource Details…

• Page 6

This resource includes a list of the alphabet pictures included. Most letters feature one or more images though the x sound (only) is found at the end of two pictured words: ox and fox. Pictures for e (for 'ewe' with an 'ew' sound) and o (for 'owl', with an 'ow' sound) are marked in red to alert learners that these sounds are not a short (clear) vowel sounds.

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