• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

PreKinders

Ideas for Pre-K & Preschool Teachers

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Terms of Use
  • Help
    • Printing Help
  • Shop
  • Learning Areas
    • Literacy
    • Math
    • Science
    • Art
    • Music
    • Fine Motor
    • Christian Activities
  • Themes
  • Teaching Ideas
    • Centers
    • Teaching Tips
    • Assessment
    • Back to School
    • End of Year
  • Printables
    • Literacy Printables
    • Math Printables
    • Science Printables
    • Music Printables
    • Visual Discrimination Printables
    • Classroom Management Printables

Letter Sounds Listening Games

By Karen Cox | Affiliate Disclosure

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

This is a game I came up with for children who can already identify letters and need a “next step” activity. So far, I have made games for letters A through E, and there are more to come. I will make a complete set A-Z.

Letter Sounds Listening Games A-E

To prepare this game, first print out the word cards on card stock (laminate if you choose). The third page could be copied onto regular copy paper for each child if you choose to send it home. Or, if you want to make reusable mats, copy it on card stock and laminate to use with dry erase markers or crayons. This is an activity for a small group, where the teacher is working with the children, reading the word cards to them.

To play this game, give each child a letter mat, with either a bingo dot marker or a rubber stamp and ink pad. Shuffle all of the word cards. Go through the stack of cards, calling out each word. Children listen for the beginning sound of each word. If the word begins with the letter, they stamp over one of the letters on their mat. If the word does not begin with the letter, they do not mark anything on their mat. When all of the word cards have been read, everyone should have stamped all of the letters on the mat. (This is similar to a bingo game.)

Links to the other sets:

  • Letter Sound Listening Games Set #2
  • Letter Sound Listening Games Set #3
  • Letter Sound Listening Games Set #4
  • Letter Sound Listening Games Set #5

Click these thumbnail images to download the printables.

Letter A Game
Letter B Game
Letter B Game
Letter C Game
Letter C Game
Letter D Game
Letter D Game
Letter E Game
Letter E Game

Welcome!
Would you like to join my FREE weekly update newsletter? Join 85,000+ subscribers!
We collect, use, and process your data according to our Privacy Policy.
Don't worry - we never sell or share email addresses!

25 Comments

About Karen Cox

Karen is the founder of PreKinders.com. She also works as a full-time Pre-K teacher in Georgia. Read more...

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Melissa says

    November 9, 2010 at 2:02 pm

    This is such a simple, yet fun way to get children to work with the alphabet! I bet their brains are just going to work trying to figure out what letter the called out word begins with! Definitely a creative idea.

    Reply
    • Karen says

      November 12, 2010 at 8:18 pm

      Thanks Melissa!

      Reply
  2. becky@oursweetpeas says

    November 10, 2010 at 7:44 am

    What age would you recommend this for? My boys are 3 1/2 and they recognize most letters regularly and know a lot of the sounds. Is it too early?

    Reply
    • Karen says

      November 12, 2010 at 8:23 pm

      Hi Becky, I think it would depend on the child. I teach 4-5 year olds, but I have some who can do this activity and some who cannot yet. If your boys are able to listen to a word and pick out the beginning sound they hear, then they could do this.

      Reply
  3. becky@oursweetpeas says

    November 10, 2010 at 7:45 am

    Sorry, I meant to say thanks for sharing this. I love the idea.

    Reply
  4. Judy Porter says

    November 10, 2010 at 9:44 pm

    Thank you for the great activity for phonemic awareness. I’m always looking for literacy activities that are age appropriate for my preschoolers. Brain research shows 4-5 year olds are prime for learning letter sounds and this activity will certainly help to build those pathways for my kids!!

    Reply
    • Karen says

      November 12, 2010 at 8:11 pm

      Thanks so much, Judy! So true!

      Reply
  5. Arianne says

    November 16, 2010 at 7:54 pm

    I love this idea-thanks for the printable materials!! šŸ™‚

    Reply
  6. Becky W. says

    November 16, 2010 at 7:59 pm

    When you do this activity in a small group, do you have kids who will watch the others and stamp the letter if they see the others doing the same?

    Reply
  7. LaQuetha says

    November 18, 2010 at 12:44 am

    I am little confused on how you use this in a small group setting. For example if you were working with a small group of children, would each child have the same letter mat (F) or would you have each child working with a differnt letter mat. How would I keep other children from just not copying what they see their neighbors doing?

    Reply
  8. Karen says

    November 25, 2010 at 12:38 am

    Becky & LaQuetha: Each child has the same letter mat. Sorry if that was confusing. I only do this activity with children who are ready for it. Typically, if a child is depending on another child to provide the answers (looking & copying), it is because they are unsure of themselves. In that case, I would probably determine that child is not ready for this particular activity. A child who knows letter sounds will not need to copy & are usually so intent on stamping that bingo marker that they are happily listening for the sounds. Also, in my classroom, small group is a social time, and I let children talk to each other as we work. I believe they learn more as they discuss what they are doing, so if they get an answer from someone else, I don’t see it as a problem. I see it as instant reinforcement, and they can learn from each other that way. Obviously, I would not do the same if I was assessing, but the learning process is social.

    Reply
  9. Pamella says

    May 2, 2011 at 12:55 pm

    I was wondering where the rest of the letter bingo cards are in the site? I got up to “Q”

    Thank you,
    Pamella

    Reply
  10. cANDICE says

    November 2, 2011 at 11:09 am

    This is great! I have a similar idea called ‘Trash or Treasure’ Print out a treasure chest picture, and a trash can picture. The have word cards, leter sounds, whatever you are working on and what level you teach. e.g. letter B, if the word beings with B put it in the treasure box, if it does not then put it in the trash can!

    Reply
    • Karen says

      November 9, 2011 at 9:51 pm

      Thanks for sharing your idea, Candice!

      Reply
  11. Lauren says

    October 9, 2012 at 6:02 pm

    Hi, I was wondering what word cards you used. Could you explain exactly if you repeat the words or what words you say and do you provide a picture with the word or do you just say the word. Thank you!

    Reply
    • Karen says

      October 13, 2012 at 1:34 am

      The word cards are included in the game download.

      Reply
  12. elisha says

    February 14, 2013 at 3:08 pm

    love your website!!! tons of great ideas. used this but changed the bottom letters to lowercase, and some of the words to uppercase. doubled duty because it helped with sound and identification

    Reply
  13. Mary Goodman says

    September 1, 2013 at 4:36 pm

    Where do I find the Word Cards for this game? Thank you

    Reply
  14. Mary says

    September 1, 2013 at 7:44 pm

    I mean what section are the word cards /game, located for download?

    Reply
    • Karen Cox says

      September 3, 2013 at 8:55 pm

      The game with the word cards are right here on this page. You just need to click the thumbnail image to download them.

      Reply
  15. Lykita says

    August 6, 2014 at 3:03 pm

    Thank you for sharing all of your wonderful work and ideas! I love your site and your classroom.

    Reply
  16. Lee Nora says

    January 10, 2015 at 3:43 pm

    Thank you for the listening game, looking forward to using it in class.

    Reply
  17. Mariafe says

    July 5, 2015 at 3:00 am

    I so love everything here. It’s very informative and my kids will love it.

    Reply
  18. Lisa Speakman says

    November 8, 2015 at 11:07 am

    Thank you for your awesome learning games. I am using your Rhyming Bingo and your Letter Sound Game this week. I know my kids will love it!

    Reply
  19. Michele says

    May 18, 2020 at 10:09 pm

    These are fantastic ideas, thank you so much for sharing.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Visit My Shop!
Ā 

Welcome!

Glad you're here! You'll find hands-on learning activities, themes, and printables for Pre-K, Preschool, and Kindergarten kids. I'm Karen Cox, a Pre-K teacher in Georgia. I have taught 4-5 year olds for 20+ years! Read More…

Get Free Updates!

Before Footer

WE BELIEVE IN HANDS-ON, ACTIVE, & PLAYFUL LEARNINGĀ TO INSPIRE YOUNG MINDS

Serving Pre-K teachers, parents, & kids worldwide since 2000

Get Our Free Weekly Newsletter

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Contact
  • Free Updates
  • Terms of Use
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2021 Ā· PreKinders.com

Welcome!
Would you like free weekly email updates?
Join 85,000+ subscribers!
We collect, use, and process your data according to our Privacy Policy.
Don't worry - we never sell or share email addresses!
Welcome!
Would you like to join my FREE weekly update newsletter? Join 85,000+ subscribers!
We collect, use, and process your data according to our Privacy Policy.
Don't worry - we never sell or share email addresses!