Look, listen, then tap a picture!
Short a, as in ant
Tap the picture that starts with this sound.
Go in order, or pick a letter to explore.
♡ No timers. No pressure. Just little steps forward.
Start with a few minutes together. Say each picture’s name before your child chooses. Praise the effort, not the speed.
Explore all 26 letters. Each letter uses one common sound. A, E, O, and U use their short sounds. I uses its long sound, as in ice cream. C and G use their hard sounds. X says “ks” at the end of a word, so its question asks what ends with X. The letters share a baseline to help compare their sizes.
“Hear the sound” plays a short recording of a real voice saying the letter’s sound. Say it together, and keep consonants short, without adding “uh.”
All letters except B: “English Phonemes” by margo_heston, CC BY-NC 4.0. B: “Voiced bilabial plosive” by Peter Isotalo, CC BY-SA 3.0. C and K share one clip. All clips are trimmed, noise-reduced and level-matched.
This activity practices sounds, not handwriting. Stars show letters found in this visit. Nothing is saved or sent to a server.