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Things That Begin With U

Nine items whose names begin with the letter U — including ukulele, umbrella, unicorn, unicycle, and utensils — are provided as individual images, each in both colour and black-and-white versions, based on the file names.
Year groups
Early Years, Reception, Nursery, Nursery, Primary, Years 2–3
File type
Image: PNG

Updated Aug 06, 2022

Topic
Letter U Clip Art, Letter U Graphics

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About this resource

Nine objects whose names begin with the letter U are provided as individual clip-art-style images: ukulele, umbrella, underwear, an unhappy face, unicorn, unicycle, uniform, an unlocked padlock, and utensils. Each item appears twice, as a full-colour PNG and a matching black-and-white line-art PNG, suggesting the set supports both display use and student colouring or cut-and-paste activities. The download also includes a logo image, a license-to-use terms image, and two slide images, none of which are educational content themselves. For a full A-to-Z reference that pairs every letter with a picture word, teachers can use the beginning sounds chart, which also includes separate short- and long-vowel reference charts.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Identify and name objects whose names begin with the letter U.

Teaching tips

  • Use the black-and-white versions for student colouring or cut-and-paste letter-U activities, and the colour versions for display or matching games.

  • Pair with items from other letters to build a full alphabet picture set, since this set covers only the letter U.

Skills covered

  • Beginning letter recognition — students associate the letter U with pictured objects whose names start with that sound.

  • Fine motor / colouring practice — the black-and-white versions of each image support colouring or cut-and-paste activities.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Alphabet

  • Beginning sounds

  • Letter U vocabulary

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