Beginning Letter Match with Activities

Match each picture to its first letter. This worksheet lists action words — running, jumping and swimming among them — beside a column of letters, and the child links each picture to the letter its name begins with. Hearing the opening sound of a word and pairing it with the matching letter is foundational phonics, the letter-sound link that early reading depends on. The familiar pictures keep the focus on the sound.

Knowing which letter a word starts with — by its sound — is core Kindergarten reading readiness. Pairing each action words picture with its beginning letter rehearses that letter-sound link directly, building the phonics foundation a child needs before reading whole words. The pictures keep every match about hearing the first sound.

Children who like matching action words to their beginning letters get quicker at hearing first sounds each time. When this feels easy, match the letters in beginning letters with animals, or try beginning letters with beach things. You can also browse every beginning-letter worksheet or the whole kindergarten collection — each sheet prints cleanly or plays online for free, and the more a child matches, the surer their grasp of letter sounds grows, building the phonics foundation that reading words rests on.