Beginning Letter Match with Winter

What letter does it start with? On this matching sheet a child connects each winter things picture to its beginning letter. Looking at snow, a mitten and a scarf and the others, the child says the word, listens for the first sound, and draws a line to the letter that makes it. Matching pictures to their starting letters is beginning letter-sound practice — the core decoding skill Kindergarten readers are building.

Connecting pictures to their starting letters teaches a child that letters stand for sounds — the core insight behind reading. A Kindergarten child practises hearing each word's first sound and linking it to print, building decoding readiness. Familiar winter things pictures keep the task grounded in the sound a word begins with, not in spelling.

Children who like matching winter things to their beginning letters get quicker at hearing first sounds each time. When this feels easy, match the letters in beginning letters with zoo animals, or try beginning letters with animals. 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.