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Turkey Beginning Letter Sound Sorts

By thisreadingmama 6 Comments

Is your child or student working on beginning letter sounds? Then these turkey feather beginning letter sound sorts from my Build a Turkey Phonics Pack are the perfect fit for this time of year!

My 3.5 year old has been working on letters and letter sounds with Learning the Alphabet for the last year. And while she has almost every letter down, the letter sounds are coming a little slower for her. Most of the time, she says every letter sounds like /t/.

So we spent some time doing a few of these beginning letter sound sorts and I was absolutely shocked at how well she responded!

Beginning Letter Sound Sorts with Turkey Feathers {FREE Printable} | This Reading Mama

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Note: This free pack only has beginning consonant sounds, not vowel sounds. Only the paid pack has the vowel sounds plus MANY more phonics patterns.

 

Turkey Beginning Letter Sound Sorts

There are three keys to making this activity a success:

  1. Pick two letters that are visually different and that have sounds that are made differently in the mouth. This is KEY. I talk in more detail about why this is so important in my post, Tips for Learning Letters and Letter Sounds. {The free download, found at the END of this post, has some letter pairing suggestions, too!}
  2. Make sure your child knows the letter and its sound before you begin. If she doesn’t, go over it with her.
  3. Before you begin, also identify each image on the turkey feathers.

 

make the beginning letter sound sort self-checking

Copy each turkey you want onto cardstock. Laminating also makes the activity more durable. I like to use marker and label the back of each turkey feather with the letter that corresponds with the image on the front to make it self-checking for the child.

 

sorting beginning sounds with turkey feathers

 

letter b and letter t turkey beginning letter sound sorts

Lay out each letter turkey.  One-by-one, identify each image on the turkey feather and its beginning sound. If this is new for a child, I like to say the word like, “/t/-/t/-toothbrush,” saying the beginning sound a few times for emphasis.

 

letter t turkey with letter t feathers

If your child isn’t ready for two letters, just work on one letter turkey! It’s still a fun way to play with letter sounds.

 

Grab the ENTIRE Turkey Phonics Pack!

Build-a-Turkey Phonics Pack from This Reading Mama

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  • Learning the Alphabet – hands-on ways to engage with each letter of the alphabet
  • Alphabet Sounds Learning App– more fun activities that get kids sorting letter sounds!
  • Letter Sounds with Ice Cream Scoops
  • Letter Sound Alphabet Puzzles
  • Alphabet Activity Pages

 

 

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Enjoy!
~Becky

 

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Comments

  1. karen byassee says

    November 15, 2015 at 1:47 pm

    I can´t find the link.

    Reply
    • Lisa says

      November 18, 2015 at 8:25 am

      Click on the blue circle that says “Get your free printable here”

      Reply
  2. Colleen says

    November 18, 2015 at 1:04 pm

    These are great! Thank you so much.

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      November 18, 2015 at 3:17 pm

      You are very welcome! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Jennifer says

    February 2, 2016 at 1:56 pm

    Hi Becky!
    I follow your blog from el Salvador and I love it. My kids are 7 and 6 and at school they have classes in English (science, social studies, among others) and I noticed that while reading they are having trouble with letter sounds so I would like to reinforce it at home. I read all your posts on letter sounds but I don’t know where or how to start because I think (correct me if I’m wrong) that the Learning the Alphabet bundle focuses more on learning the letters than their sounds. Please let me know if you hace any ideas for me to start.
    Thanks!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      February 2, 2016 at 2:13 pm

      Learning the Alphabet teaches letters AND their sounds and is a great place to start to teach both. 🙂 Hope that helps.

      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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