These initial sound worksheets are a great way to teach students to listen for and recognise the initial sounds in words. Each set of pictures has 4 different levels that increase in difficulty and slowly remove scaffolds to consolidate learning.

Level 1 – Errorless learning – Match the initial letter sound with the correct picture (Faint letter already included to ensure errorless learning).

Level 2 – Consolidation learning – Match initial letter sound with the correct letter.

Level 3 – Errorless learning – Write initial letter sound for each picture (Faint letter already included to ensure errorless learning).

Level 4 – Consolidation learning – Write initial letter sounds for each picture.

3 Different Worksheet Levels:

1.     CVC

2.    4-letter words

3.    multiple-letter words