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Letter P Beginning Sound Sort - Pumpkin Themed

Fall pumpkin sort for the letter P: students check whether the picture on each pumpkin card begins with /p/, then place it on the 'Starts with Pp' or 'Does not start with Pp' mat.
Grades
Preschool–K
Pages
3
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated Oct 26, 2026

Subject
ELA, Holiday & Seasonal, Language Development, Phonics, Seasons, Fall, Holidays, Halloween
Topic
Letter of the Week, Alphabet Activities
Resource types
Activities
Preparation
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This beginning sound sort for the letter P is a great hands on activity for recognizing the most common sound of the letter P. This is an easy and fun activity to give students who need practice with recognizing the letter P sound from amongst other letter sounds or for those students who need extra practice distinguishing between the initial sounds in words.

To complete this sorting activity, students will look at a picture on a pumpkin to determine if the picture begins with the letter P or does not begin with the letter P, and then the students will place the pumpkin on the correct field mat.

This sorting activity includes 3 pages that contains

  • One field mat for pictures that begin with the letter P

  • One field mat for pictures that do not begin with the letter P

  • Pumpkin pictures that begin with P

  • Pumpkin pictures that do not begin with P


This beginning sound sort can be used in the following ways

  • Literacy centers

  • Fine motor centers

  • File folder activity

  • Add magnets to the picture cards for a baking tray activity

  • Small group activities

  • Morning work

  • Emergency sub plans

If making a file folder game, the teacher will place the mats on either side of the folder and use hook and loop fasteners to sort the basketball pictures.


Skills assessed with these letter P initial sound sort

  • Initial Sound of the letter P

  • Distinguishing between words that begin with P and do not begin with P

  • Ability to sort the picture cards on to the correct mat

This beginning sounds sorting activity is a low prep activity. All a teacher needs to do is to print the three pages, cut out the picture cards and laminate the pages and cards if desired. The activity is easy to set up and to put away and store.

This download includes a PDF with 3 usable pages.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • CCSS.RF.K.3.a — Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.

Core concepts

  • Letter P
  • Beginning sounds
  • Pumpkins

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