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

  • Halving Things

    Halving Things

    Explain and model how to find and record the halves of some of the different objects that can be used at home and in school

  • School Friends

    School Friends

    Identify and learn classroom routines and organisation by exploring and describing information and likes and dislikes for each of their classmates

  • Classroom

    Classroom

    Identify the location and function of different objects used in the classroom and explore how to formulate rules to manage the classroom safely

  • Shape Patterns

    Shape Patterns

    Identify, describe and compare the sequences of geometric shapes that have been used to create a range of different patterns