Beginning Sounds with Christmas — Letter P

Tune the ear to P. Across a scene of Christmas things, this Kindergarten worksheet has the child say each picture and circle the ones that begin with the sound P makes — present. Hearing how present opens and matching that sound to the letter P is beginning-sound phonics; the printed letter shape never comes into it. The a tree, a bauble and a stocking give a rich mix of first sounds to listen through.

Matching a sound to its letter is what eventually lets a child decode words, and it starts with beginning sounds like P's. This sheet has the child hear the opening of each picture — present and the rest of the Christmas things — and connect it to P. A scene of a tree, a bauble and a stocking offers many first sounds, so the sound-letter link gets rehearsed across a rich mix of words rather than drilled one at a time.

Listening for P across a scene of Christmas things turns phonics into a game, and finishing one letter invites the next. Try the A-sound pictures in christmas, or the B-sound pictures in christmas. Browse all the beginning-sounds worksheets or the entire Christmas things set, free to print or play online for kindergarten, and watch how quickly a child starts catching the first sound in a word on their own.