Literacy Initial Sounds Teaching Resources

Discover lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in literacy for the Foundation Stage covering initial sounds in phonics and spelling

  • Word Guess Initial Sounds

    Word Guess Initial Sounds

    Play games to practise identifying and spelling different cvc words that begin with consonant letters of the alphabet

  • Word Halves

    Word Halves

    Identify and complete the halves of letters for different cvc words beginning with the initial phoneme sounds for matching alphabet letters

  • Holiday Shirts

    Holiday Shirts

    Produce items of clothing to wear on a holiday to a particular location by selecting and using shapes to represent different places

  • Robot Movements

    Robot Movements

    Explain and model how to control the direction and position of a robot when moving about the classroom to perform different functions

  • Jack and the Beanstalk

    Jack and the Beanstalk

    Explore, role-play and change the sequence of narrative events that occur in a traditional story and select and match cvc words with the same final phoneme sounds

  • Summer Picnic

    Summer Picnic

    Select, identify and prepare different types of foods for a picnic including sandwiches and fruit juice drinks by compiling shopping lists for a class outing