Beginning Sounds with Animals — Letter V

Hunt the scene for the sound of V. This Kindergarten sheet shows a busy set of animals, and the child marks the ones whose names start with V — vulture. The trick is to say each picture and listen to its very first sound: does vulture begin the way V sounds? Matching that opening sound to its letter is foundational phonics, done entirely by ear.

The Kindergarten skill here is letter-sound correspondence: knowing the sound V makes and recognizing it at the start of a spoken word. Finding vulture trains it without any reading — the child works from the pictures and says each word aloud. Tying the sound at the front of vulture to the letter V, again and again, builds the habit that blending and decoding will later rely on.

Children who enjoy hunting the animals settle into saying each picture and listening for the V sound, and every match is a small win. When V feels easy, try the beginning sounds in the A-sound pictures in animals, or the B-sound pictures in animals. You can also browse every beginning-sounds worksheet or the whole animals collection for kindergarten — each sheet prints cleanly or plays online for free, and the more first sounds a child hunts, the quicker the link between a sound and its letter becomes automatic.