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FREE Beginning Sounds Chart

By thisreadingmama 24 Comments

This free beginning sounds chart is the perfect resource to have when making rhymes or working on word families with young children.

If you’ve ever worked on rhyming words with young kids, you know how important beginning sounds are in that process. After all, to create rhyming words, all you do is take the beginning sound {or onset} off the word and add a different one.

Beginning Sounds Chart {FREE} - This Reading Mama

*To download this freebie, just click on the teal button towards the bottom of this post!

Beginning Sounds Chart

One simple way to use this chart is to take a rime {such as -an} and just go through the chart like this b-an, bl-an, br-an, or c-an to see what real or silly words you can make from that one -an chunk or rime.

Not only does this chart work well with rhyming words, it can serve as a simple, one page resource for helping kids spell their beginning sounds.

harder beginning sounds included on the chart

This beginning sounds chart includes 55 different beginning sounds, which is more comprehensive than anything I’ve made before or could find on the internet. The chart has single consonants, blends, digraphs, and even 7 harder sounds like spr-, str- or thr-. Each beginning sound has an image and word featuring the sound. The chart comes in color and in blackline, too!

 

button for free printable

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Enjoy teaching!
~Becky

You Might Also Like our Word Family Rimes Chart!

Word Family Rimes Chart {FREE} - This Reading Mama

 

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Filed Under: Phonics and Word Study, Teaching Spelling Tagged With: LS, SWS

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Comments

  1. Erica says

    January 8, 2016 at 1:41 pm

    So “clean” and comprehensive. This is the best sound chart I’ve seen!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      January 8, 2016 at 2:02 pm

      Thank you, Erica!

      Reply
  2. Asia says

    February 20, 2016 at 4:38 am

    I love this blog so much! Thank you for doing it ! <3 I'm a beginning teacher from Poland and I must say that this blog is awesoooooome!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      February 20, 2016 at 4:30 pm

      Aw, thanks! Wow. Poland!

      Reply
  3. Maria Escutia says

    February 20, 2016 at 11:00 am

    This chart is great! Thanks for including the picture word; I’ll be able to differentiate my instruction!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      February 20, 2016 at 4:30 pm

      You’re very welcome. I’m glad it works for you!

      Reply
  4. Helen Egan says

    October 17, 2016 at 10:28 pm

    Thank you for this useful resource.

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      October 18, 2016 at 6:21 am

      You’re welcome!

      Reply
  5. Donna says

    March 14, 2017 at 12:05 pm

    Ms Becky,
    Your website…& all the hard work that you obviously put into it…is awesome! (warm smile) It’s SO nice to find sites belonging to teachers who love to teach. You can always tell those who have a genuine love for teaching vs those teachers who are more in it “for the money”.
    I totally understand that websites can cost money to keep up…(not to even mention all the work & time involved!) which is why many people make use of ads & such) but the majority of printables & other online teaching materials these days (particularly those with larger packets & bundles) are priced WAY out of reach of many homeschooling households (or just regular moms & dads trying to help their kids with homework) who are already struggling just to provide the necessities for their children. It’s SUCH a blessing to find gems like yours where not only is much of the content free for those who need it but the material is also fresh & FUN, engaging, comprehensive & entertaining AND it WORKS! ;o)

    Thank you Becky.

    Praying that you”ll be richly blessed for the many rich blessings that you give to others.

    Reply
  6. nellie says

    June 12, 2017 at 8:48 am

    Thank you for sharing

    Reply
  7. Kimberly says

    September 30, 2017 at 11:25 am

    As a special education teacher I use this chart every day! Have you ever considered turning it into flash cards? I am very grateful for the high quality products you produce.

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      September 30, 2017 at 12:56 pm

      Great idea! I can add it to my list of things to create. 🙂

      Reply
  8. Julie A Tarsio says

    October 8, 2017 at 9:19 pm

    Becky- I keep receiving a download error and cannot download your beginning sounds chart. Any ideas? It just does not load it stops about 1/3 way and freezes.

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      October 9, 2017 at 8:14 pm

      Try using a different internet browser.

      Reply
  9. Stuti Chaturvedi says

    January 28, 2018 at 11:22 am

    thankyou so much, i am very grateful for your resource kits, they have been very useful and extra knowledge for my preschooler. life is more colorful due to your freebies.

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      July 12, 2018 at 8:14 am

      You’re very welcome! 🙂

      Reply
  10. LETICIA Bañón Martí says

    March 1, 2018 at 6:36 am

    Fantásticos materiales!! Muchas gracias por compartir tu material.
    Thanks so much for sharing!

    Reply
  11. Karina says

    May 29, 2018 at 3:19 am

    I am also from Poland and your blog is a great inspiration for me

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      May 31, 2018 at 2:49 pm

      Aw, that’s so awesome to hear! Thanks for stopping by to comment. 🙂

      Reply
  12. Lee Siow Yee says

    July 12, 2018 at 2:26 am

    Hi, i already subcribed both types of phonics card (50+&60+) but didn’t get any reply from you, dear Becky, pls help to getting the printable phonics cards, thank you.

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      July 12, 2018 at 8:14 am

      Hi there. I just checked on your status and emails are being sent your way. Check your spam to see if they’ve gone there.

      Reply
  13. Rebeca says

    February 2, 2020 at 4:19 pm

    Hello, Mrs. Becky!
    For a nice coincidence, my name is Rebeca and from Brazil. I’ve just graduated from college as a teacher, and I’m so glad to find out your web page! I just want to THANK YOU so much for sharing with us such amazing materials and tools to provide better classes to our students!
    I don’t have enough vocabulary to thank you for helping me out even because I’m still learning too.
    Hope you have a great day and week!

    Kind regards

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      February 2, 2020 at 6:53 pm

      Aw, you are VERY welcome! 🙂

      Reply
  14. Josephine Obsioma says

    April 15, 2021 at 12:50 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing.

    Reply

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Hi! I’m Becky, a homeschooling mama with 4 blessings who keep me on my toes {and knees}. Before homeschooling, I was a classroom teacher (M.Ed.) and reading tutor. Read more about me here.

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