26 ABC Coloring Pages for Beginning Sounds

Here is a fun pack of 26 Alphabet Coloring Pages: Color the Alphabet and Learn Beginning or Initial Sounds!

This teaching resource includes 26 coloring worksheets designed to help young children (or those with a special need) become familiar with the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they stand for—the beginning sounds.

Each page focuses on one alphabet letter: the children colour the large letter at the top of the page and say the 'etter's sound. Then, they must look for things that begin with that sound and color them.

A challenge to make the sheets more beneficial:

For every sound except 'A', every page contains a picture of one object that begins with the previous sound in the alphabet. Can the pupil find it? This ensures that the work is systematic and provides revision.

Teaching tips:

Pupils need to learn to hear the beginning sound of words, not just learn the sounds made by the letters. To this end:

• Help the child, if necessary, by emphasising the beginning sound: you can hold onto it until to help the child hear it.

• Do help the child to extend each worksheet by looking for things around the classroom that begin with each sound as it is studied.

Helping to develop pencil control

Coloring is not just a pastime but can be a help to train the child to work neatly (can sh/e color between the lines?) as well as to develop pencil control.

Who are these sheets for?

1. Homeeducators/homeschoolers

2. early learners,

3. Those with a special need,

4. parents as well as private tutors

5. Speech and language therapists

6. Teachers of ESL/EFL

7. Suitable for homelearning/extra practice at home

It is suggested that an adult work with the child while the sheet is completed, either in small groups or individually, for best effect.

What is included in the 26 ABC Coloring Pages?

1 PDF A4 with 26 pages, one for each letter.

They are grouped in alphabetical order

If you do not teach the letter sounds in alphabetical order, please ensure that all sounds needed to complete a sheet have been introduced to the child to avoid failure.