Beginning Sounds with Farm Animals — Letter H

Listen for the first sound in horse. On this sheet the child is handed the letter H and finds every one of the farm animals whose name begins with its sound — horse all open with H. Saying each word, catching its opening sound, then tying that sound to the letter H is the Kindergarten letter-sound link this practises, set among a cow, a pig and a goat.

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

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