Acorn Beginning Letter Sound Puzzles

These beginning sound puzzles make the perfect fall or autumn themed phonics center. The fun acorn theme will engage students with practicing the initial letter sounds in words.

What is Included:

This resource includes 26 unique alphabet letter sound puzzles.

Each puzzle contains 2 pieces. The top piece of the puzzle has the letter in both its capital and lowercase forms, and the bottom piece contains a picture of a word that begin with that letter. The bold, easy to recognize pictures will allow students to complete these puzzles independently. Fall or autumn themed pictures are used where available.

How to Use:

To use these puzzles, students will look at the pictures on each piece, matching them to the letter the picture begins with. Once found the pieces will be arranged to form an acorn.

When to Use:

• Literacy centers - Simply place these puzzles inside the literacy center for the students to complete.

• Morning Tubs or Baskets - These puzzles make a great morning activity for students to work on while waiting for classmates to arrive to class.

• Early Finishers - Students can work on these puzzles while waiting on classmates to finish whole group tasks.

These beginning sounds puzzles are a low prep activity that teachers can prepare. The teacher just simply needs to print out each puzzle, cut the puzzles apart and then laminate the puzzles for durability.

Storage Ideas:

These acorn beginning letter sound puzzles can be easily stored in a task box. By storing in a task box, teachers can easily set up the center, students can easily complete and clean up the center, and the task box makes storage a breeze! Alternative storage methods could be a pencil box, plastic bag or small basket.

Skills Assessed:

These puzzles help build students' understanding of beginning sounds for both consonants and short vowels.