Beginning Sounds with Classroom Objects — Letter E

Listen for the first sound in eraser. On this sheet the child is handed the letter E and finds every one of the classroom objects whose name begins with its sound — eraser all open with E. Saying each word, catching its opening sound, then tying that sound to the letter E is the Kindergarten letter-sound link this practises, set among a pencil, a book and a globe.

Hearing the opening sound of a spoken word and tying it to a letter is exactly the letter-sound correspondence Kindergarten readers build. Marking the classroom objects that begin with E rehearses it many times: say eraser, listen to its start, match E. Because the child works from pictures and their own voice, no reading is needed — just the ear and the growing sense that E stands for one particular sound.

Children who enjoy hunting the classroom objects settle into saying each picture and listening for the E sound, and every match is a small win. When E feels easy, try the beginning sounds in the B-sound pictures in classroom objects, or the C-sound pictures in classroom objects. You can also browse every beginning-sounds worksheet or the whole classroom objects 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.