Pre-K Literacy Printables

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Letter Sounds Activity Cards

These Letter Sounds cards are perfect for children who are just beginning to learn letter sounds. Each card gives them a choice between two pictures. Children identify the letter on the card, then decide which of the two pictures begins with the same sound as that letter. Have children mark the correct picture with a translucent bingo chip. When they are finished, they will flip the card over for self-checking. There are “stickers” at the end of this file to glue on the back of each card for self-checking. This set has consonants only, and does not include the letter Xx.

Alphabet Dice

I made these cards that will fit into the Carson Dellosa Roll & Learn Pocket Cubes (Item #CD-140002). See Photo. You can also use this printable to make your own dice by recycling a small Priority Mail box or other small cardboard box. Cover the box with wrapping paper or bulletin board paper. Print out the dice printables, cut them out, and glue them onto the sides of the box.

Rhyming Cards

These are rhyming card pairs that can be used for matching. I made them this size so they can be glued to die cut shapes, or even the decorative cut-outs like Trend and Carson Dellosa make. You could also print them on cardstock and use them like they are. If you need a larger or smaller size, use the reduce/enlarge button on a copying machine.

Rhyming Match Games

Children match rhyming cards to the pictures on the mat.

Rhyming Dice

I made these cards that will fit into the Carson Dellosa Roll & Learn Pocket Cubes (Item #CD-140002). You can also use this printable to make your own dice by recycling a small Priority Mail box or other small cardboard box. Cover the box with wrapping paper or bulletin board paper. Print out the dice printables, cut them out, and glue them onto the sides of the box.

To play: Children take turns rolling the die. When the die stops rolling, the child will look at the picture on top, and say a word that rhymes.

Write the Room

Children ask a teacher to fill in the blank with their dictation: “Do you like _____?” Some children ask for the word to be spelled while they write the letters. They go around the room asking other children their question, and writing the names in the yes/no boxes. If they don’t know how to write a name, they copy it from a name tag or ask the child to write it.

Word Card Game: There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

Print and cut apart the word cards for this game. Each child in the group should have a set to use. Call out the words for each card and have the children hold up each card (this familiarizes them with the cards). To play the game, slowly recite the nursery rhyme (you may want to pause at the key words). Each time the children hear one of the key words, they should hold up that card. Repeat the game as many times as the children are interested. When we play this game in my classroom, I have my own set of cards to use along with the children to help cue them when to hold up a card. Then, after they have seen me model the game a few times, I let them do it on their own.

Sequencing

Print, cut out, and laminate the sequencing cards. Make sure the children understand what each picture represents. Have the children use these to sequence their morning routine. After they wake up, what do they do first? Eat breakfast or wash their face? Each child’s sequence will be slightly different, according to their family’s morning routine. This set has 8 sequencing cards. Older children should be able to sequence all 8 cards, but you may want to limit the cards to 4 for younger children. (I tried to find more multicultural photos for these cards, but these are all that were available.)

Letter Sounds Pictures A-Z

These can be used in a variety of activities.

Letter Tumble

Choose one of each: the owl letters and the letter chart. This game can be used to practice matching uppercase to uppercase letters, lowercase to lowercase letters, or uppercase to lowercase letters. Print out a set of Owl Letters and cut them out. Also, print out one of the Letter Charts (but do not cut this one out). Children will place the owl letters in a cup or small container and “tumble” the owls onto a black felt mat (the night sky). Children will place the owls on the letter chart by matching the letters on the owls to the letters on the chart.