Kindergarten Lessons: Learning Beginning Sounds

After kindergarten kids begin recognizing specific letters of the alphabet, it's time to work on beginning sounds. Learning the beginning sounds of letters is one of the first steps in learning to read, and it's an exciting time for parents as well as kids. The following kindergarten lessons on beginning sounds will help you teach your child in a way that makes learning fun through games and entertaining activities. Your child will look forward to these fun and easy methods of learning.

Alphabet Cards

A set of lower and upper case alphabet cards is a great learning tool since they help kindergarten kids learn letters by sight, but they're also great for teaching and learning beginning sounds. Once kids have learned to recognize specific letters, it's important to start working on beginning sounds. Before long your kindergarten student will be reading!

After the child says the letter, have him or her say the beginning sound. Start with consonants, and as always, have a lot of patience. Work on just a few at a time for better comprehension. It takes kids time to learn and retain 26 capital letters and their lowercase counterparts as well as the sounds each letter makes.

Fun Word Games

Word games are a great way to help teach kindergarten kids beginning sounds. Once your child learns to recognize specific letters and the beginning sounds associated with those letters, hand your child one card at a time, and ask him or her to say a word that starts with each letter. Allow them to keep a card for every word they correctly choose. Whoever ends up with the most cards after going through the series of letters or the entire alphabet is declared the winner. Either way your child wins since this is a fun and easy way to practice and learn.

Sound Recognition Game