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    Discover engaging Elementary Phonics worksheets and activities designed specifically for children ages 3-6. Our lessons foster a love for learning while building essential reading skills. Featuring fun, interactive exercises, these worksheets focus on phonetic awareness, letter recognition, and starting sounds, ensuring foundational literacy is enjoyable. Tailored for young learners, our resources incorporate vibrant illustrations and playful themes that captivate children’s attention and inspire creativity. Enhance your teaching toolkit with printable worksheets that provide children with the practice they need to succeed. Explore phonics education today and watch your little ones grow confident in their early reading abilities!


    Check out this FREE Elementary Phonics Trial Lesson for age 3-6!

    Matching Initial Letter Sounds

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    Words: Assessment 2 Worksheet
    Words: Assessment 2 Worksheet

    Words: Assessment 2 Worksheet

    Test your child’s knowledge of -s and -ed word endings with this fun worksheet! They'll look at images and read the words, then choose the correct suffix to finish each one. Vivid illustrations make this an enjoyable learning experience!
    Words: Assessment 2 Worksheet
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    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 2 ELA Worksheet
    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 2 ELA Worksheet

    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 2 ELA Worksheet

    This free worksheet assesses your emerging reader's ability to decode and match closed-syllable high-frequency words to the appropriate picture. The pictures are cheery and easy to identify, so your child will have fun and find success with decoding and matching.
    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 2 ELA Worksheet
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    Words: Asessment 3 Worksheet
    Words: Asessment 3 Worksheet

    Words: Asessment 3 Worksheet

    Assess your child's knowledge of homonyms with words like "toe" and "tow". This fun worksheet helps find words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. Use it to introduce homographs--words spelled the same with different meanings!
    Words: Asessment 3 Worksheet
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    Words: Assessment 4 Worksheet
    Words: Assessment 4 Worksheet

    Words: Assessment 4 Worksheet

    Look at the pictures and have your child circle the color they see. This free worksheet is great for assessing their knowledge of vocabulary words. It offers familiar images with words for kids to read and match with the colors. Help your child build their reading and understanding skills with this fun activity!
    Words: Assessment 4 Worksheet
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    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 2 Worksheet
    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 2 Worksheet

    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 2 Worksheet

    Test your child’s phonological awareness and reading readiness with this charming worksheet! Perfect for K-1, it assesses if they can name a picture aloud, listening for the starting sound and matching it to another word. Watch as they think deeply and listen to the sounds as they name each picture. Determine if your child is ready to sound out words or needs more phonics practice.
    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 2 Worksheet
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    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 4 Worksheet
    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 4 Worksheet

    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 4 Worksheet

    It can be tricky for young readers to differentiate between sounds in words. Make it fun with this downloadable worksheet! Ask your child to name each picture on the left and match the starting sound with an image on the right. This helps assess their phonics skills and make learning enjoyable.
    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 4 Worksheet
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    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 3 ELA Worksheet
    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 3 ELA Worksheet

    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 3 ELA Worksheet

    Want to test your preschooler's language skills, phonetic decoding and word recognition? This worksheet uses their knowledge of community helpers to match signs with depictions. It also works on fine motor skills, a key pre-reading skill.
    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 3 ELA Worksheet
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    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 6 Worksheet
    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 6 Worksheet

    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 6 Worksheet

    Check your child's ability to recognize middle word sounds using this free worksheet. Help them learn phonics by practicing with rhyming. Trace the line from the image to its rhyming match then encourage them to name each image aloud to identify which letter matches the sound. It's a great way to assess letter and sound recognition.
    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 6 Worksheet
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    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 5 Worksheet
    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 5 Worksheet

    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 5 Worksheet

    Repetition is key to success! This worksheet tests kids' ability to match beginning and ending sounds in words. Instruct them to say each word and listen closely to the sounds they make. Focus on the starting sounds for the first four pics, then the last one to hear ending sounds and find the right match!
    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 5 Worksheet
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    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 3 Worksheet
    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 3 Worksheet

    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 3 Worksheet

    Test kids' reading readiness with a phonological awareness worksheet! With this PDF exercise, encourage children to name each picture aloud and match left to right. Help them learn to recognize word sounds at the start, middle and end of words. They'll be sure to remember that lamp doesn't sound like elephant!
    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 3 Worksheet
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    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 1 Worksheet
    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 1 Worksheet

    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 1 Worksheet

    This worksheet helps kids build key phonics skills for pre-reading. They say each picture name aloud, focusing on the starting sound. Then, they match the sound with an image in the same row. Use as a checkpoint for kindergarten or grade 1 phonics readiness.
    Phonological Awareness: Assessment 1 Worksheet
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    Parents and teachers should prioritize elementary phonics activities for children aged 3-6 because this foundational stage is crucial for developing early literacy skills. Phonics teaches children the relationship between sounds and letters, enabling them to decode words as they begin to read. Understanding these connections lays the groundwork for successful reading and writing.

    Engaging in phonics activities can enhance vocabulary development, as children learn to recognize and manipulate sounds. This engagement promotes better comprehension skills, making it easier for them to understand sentences and stories. Furthermore, phonics activities foster critical thinking and problem-solving skills as young learners learn to break down words into manageable parts.

    These activities also encourage social interaction, as they can be conducted in groups, allowing children to learn from one another. They build confidence in their reading abilities, which is essential for a lifelong love of literature. Additionally, incorporating playful and interactive phonics games can make learning enjoyable, significantly increasing a child's willingness to participate.

    Ultimately, strong phonics skills provide a strong foundation for academic success, enabling children to navigate reading and writing challenges with ease as they progress through their educational journey. Investing in phonics at this early stage can lead to more proficient and enthusiastic learners.