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Delve into the world of reading with our thoughtfully crafted Elementary Phonics worksheets, designed specifically for curious learners ages 4-5. This collection introduces young minds to the foundational elements of phonics, blending engaging activities with vibrant illustrations to captivate and educate. Each worksheet seamlessly combines learning with fun, ensuring your little one embarks on their literacy journey with excitement and confidence. Ideal for both classroom and at-home learning, our Elementary Phonics worksheets for Ages 4-5 make mastering the basics of reading an enjoyable and rewarding experience. Unlock the door to language and reading success for your child today!


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Pick a Picture Word Recognition Worksheet
Pick a Picture Word Recognition Worksheet

Pick a Picture Word Recognition Worksheet

With our Pick a Picture worksheet, your child's success is within reach. Vivid pictures and words help them learn to read and distinguish initial sounds. Plus, it's a great way to strengthen sight word banks and fine motor skills. Circling practice also helps them form letters properly for writing.
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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!
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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.
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Which Is the Onset? Worksheet
Which Is the Onset? Worksheet

Which Is the Onset? Worksheet

Help your children learn to spell with this bright, fun worksheet. Struggling with spelling small words can make reading and writing sentences difficult. Encourage them to look at the pictures, say the names aloud and circle the correct first letter from the options. They will soon overcome any reluctance to spell.
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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!
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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!
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Count Syllables: Odd Word Game Worksheet
Count Syllables: Odd Word Game Worksheet

Count Syllables: Odd Word Game Worksheet

Counting syllables strengthens kids' decoding skills. This printable helps them say common item names and chunk words for fluency and accuracy. They don't even realize they're working on their reading! Bright colors make it fun, so it's a fast and easy way to practice.
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Choose a Sound Worksheet
Choose a Sound Worksheet

Choose a Sound Worksheet

Help your child hone pre-reading skills with this colorful worksheet! They'll practice tracing letter sounds, develop phoneme awareness, and gain confidence. Plus, it's a fun way to work on their fine motor skills.
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Many Ways to Make a Sound Worksheet
Many Ways to Make a Sound Worksheet

Many Ways to Make a Sound Worksheet

This interactive worksheet encourages creativity and imagination as kids use picture clues to match sound words. It helps them identify the sound methodology and build fine motor skills. Plus, with learning through play, they'll develop stronger vocabularies without even knowing it!
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What Is the Rime? Worksheet
What Is the Rime? Worksheet

What Is the Rime? Worksheet

Kids will love this PDF worksheet that boosts their reading skills and fine motor skills as they trace the correct rimes for each picture. Knowing onset and rime is key to decoding and fluency, and this worksheet makes it fun! They won't even know they're learning and will be asking for more.
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Word Matching Game Worksheet
Word Matching Game Worksheet

Word Matching Game Worksheet

Help your early reader develop prereading skills with this fun matching worksheet! Visual cues help them learn sight words, decode words in word families, and identify phonetic patterns. They'll practice discerning sounds past initial consonants while saying the name of the picture and finding the matching word - and reading at the same time!
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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.
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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.
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Long and Short A Worksheet
Long and Short A Worksheet

Long and Short A Worksheet

Time to teach your class about long and short vowels? Download this free worksheet with coloring-in activities. Get them to read words like "cat" and "cake" so they can hear the difference. Then let the kids color in the words and the pictures. Phonics lessons will be enjoyable and easy with this creative printout! (80 words)
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Long and Short U Worksheet
Long and Short U Worksheet

Long and Short U Worksheet

Revised: Spice up your lesson on long and short vowels with this fun printout! Kids read the words "tube" and "tub," then reinforce the sound by coloring in the words and pictures. It's a great way to make phonics class enjoyable!
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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.
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Long and Short I Worksheet
Long and Short I Worksheet

Long and Short I Worksheet

Print the worksheet and have the students read "pig" and "fire". Check for understanding the difference between long and short vowels. Color in words and pictures to make learning phonics fun! This exercise is perfect for introducing the topic to your students.
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How Many Syllables? Worksheet
How Many Syllables? Worksheet

How Many Syllables? Worksheet

Syllabication or 'chunking' helps students decode words more quickly and increase fluency. This traceable worksheet is great for emerging readers, combining fun and fine motor practice with chunking words and counting syllables.
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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.
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Different Letters Reading Worksheet
Different Letters Reading Worksheet

Different Letters Reading Worksheet

Download our phonics worksheet to help kids understand letter sounds. Have them sound out letters and join them to form words. Colorful pictures assist in recognition, making it perfect for kindergarteners. A great intro to phonics!
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Let's Make New Words Worksheet
Let's Make New Words Worksheet

Let's Make New Words Worksheet

This fun and colorful downloadable worksheet is perfect for helping young readers to build confidence and practice their skills. They'll circle the letters to magically make new words, while developing fine motor skills. It'll be so much fun, they won't even realize they're honing their reading skills!
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Finish the Rime Worksheet
Finish the Rime Worksheet

Finish the Rime Worksheet

Rimes help kids learn word families and spelling strategies. This PDF worksheet gives new readers practice with initial consonants, pictures, colors and motor skills. It's fun and cheery, and a great way to boost phonological awareness and rime identification.
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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!
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Long and Short O Worksheet
Long and Short O Worksheet

Long and Short O Worksheet

Help your students recognize the difference between long and short «Os» with this fun printout. Let them read and color-in "rope" and "mop" simultaneously. Listen to the different sounds, then color the words and pictures. Great for classes, it'll make your phonics lesson memorable and enjoyable.
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Elementary Phonics worksheets for Ages 4-5 play a pivotal role in laying the foundational stones of literacy for young learners. These early years are critical as children are most receptive to language acquisition and developing reading skills. Phonics, the method of teaching reading by correlating sounds with symbols in an alphabetic writing system, becomes a vital tool in this learning phase.

For children aged 4 to 5, Elementary Phonics worksheets offer a structured yet engaging approach to grasp the basics of reading and writing. These worksheets are meticulously designed to introduce children to the concept of letters and sounds in a fun and interactive manner. By integrating activities such as matching letters to their corresponding sounds, tracing letters, and identifying initial sounds in words, these worksheets make learning exciting and accessible.

Moreover, Elementary Phonics worksheets for Ages 4-5 facilitate the development of fine motor skills as children engage in writing exercises. They also enhance cognitive skills like memory and concentration, which are essential for academic success. By incorporating phonics worksheets into the learning routine, children not only gain confidence in their reading abilities but also foster a love for learning that sets the stage for lifelong literacy.