Letter C Beginning Sound Sort - Summer Themed

Summer crab picture cards to sort by beginning sound, onto one mat for words that start with Cc and another for words that do not.
Year groups
Nursery–Reception (Early Years), Year 1 (Key Stage 1)
Pages
3
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated May 18, 2025

Subject
Summer, Pre-Reading, Seasons, Phonics, Holiday & Seasonal, Language Development, English
Topic
Letter of the Week, Alphabet Activities
Resource types
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This beginning sound sort for the letter C is a great hands on activity for recognising the most common sound of the letter C. This is an easy and fun activity to give students who need practice with recognising the letter C 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 crab to determine if the picture begins with the letter C or does not begin with the letter C, and then the students will place the crab on the correct beach mat.

This sorting activity includes 3 pages that contains

  • One beach mat for pictures that begin with the letter C

  • One beach mat for pictures that do not begin with the letter C

  • Crab pictures that begin with C

  • Crab pictures that do not begin with C


This beginning sound sort can be used in the following ways

  • Literacy Centre: The teacher can place this sort in a literacy centre for students to complete.

  • Morning Work: These worksheets make a great, easy to set up activity for students to complete as classmates arrive to class.

  • Quiet Time Activity: Students who do not nap can complete this sort while their classmates rest.

  • Small Group Activity: Teachers can call aside small groups of students who need more help with sound recognition to complete these in a small group setting.

  • Early Finishers: Students who finish their classroom assignments early can help fill the extra time by completing one of these worksheets.

  • Emergency Cover Plans - These easy to assign worksheets allows supply teachers to provide an engaging activity with little effort or planning.

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 crab pictures.


Skills assessed with these letter C initial sound sort

  • Initial Sound of the letter C

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

  • 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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