The alphabet is the foundation of reading and writing. When teaching your child to read and write, start with the alphabet. You help them to identify the letters and their sounds. Then, you work on putting those letters together to form words. Finally, you move on to reading and writing sentences. The alphabet is a great place to start!
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Letter A
A is for apple, ant, and alphabet. A is one of Aiden’s favorite letters. As the letter that starts his name, he picks it when I offer him a choice to study, write, or learn about. The picture below is an experiment we did one day outside eating some pizza. The question was how big is too big for one ant to carry. So we tore up the crust and watched the ants.
The letter A is the first letter of the alphabet. Aiden learned this one first. It was important to him because it started his name.
Short A sounds like ah
Activities and ideas:
- Played with ants
- Learning about apples
- Learning about animals
- CVC words with the short A and long A sound
Apple Sorting Cards – freebie
Get a fun and easy busy bag for the letter A from Little Ladoo. It’s free and easily downloaded. Make sure you print and laminate. Perfect for letter recognition of capital and lowercase letter A.
Letter A Worksheets for Kindergarten (Can Work for First or Second Grade as Well)
Get started with your alphabet practice with this letter A workbook. This free workbook is on Healthy and Lovin’ It. It’s a short a sound words, tracing, identifying the a, coloring, and more. You will need your email address to get your own copy. Click the link below and get it.
Free writing and coloring pages
Grab our free writing and coloring pages. Practice writing lower and upper case letters A. Color and display your letter A word ant. Click below to download.
Practice sounds:
| -at | -am | -an | -as |
| bat | bam | ban | bas |
| cat | cam | can | cas |
| dat | dam | dan | das |
| eat | eam | ean | eas |
| fat | fam | fan | fas |
| gat | gam | gan | gas |
| hat | ham | han | has |
| jat | jam | jan | jas |
| kat | kam | kan | kas |
| lat | lam | lan | las |
| mat | mam | man | mas |
| nat | nam | nan | nas |
| oat | oam | oan | oas |
| pat | pam | pan | pas |
| qat | qam | qan | qas |
| rat | ram | ran | ras |
| sat | sam | san | sas |
| tat | tam | tan | tas |
| uat | uam | uan | uas |
| vat | vam | van | vas |
| wat | wam | wan | was |
| xat | xam | xan | xas |
| yat | yam | yan | yas |
| zat | zam | zan | zas |
Words that start with A
Vocabulary words are a great place to start with your new reader. Open up the dictionary and look for some good A words. Learning a few easy words like spelling or sight words will aid in the reading process. It’s much easy to read if you know what you’re reading.
Here are a few of our favorites:
- Apple
- Ant
- Angel
- Angle
- Arrow
- Alligator
- Aiden
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Alphabet Letter A
Whether you’re teaching reading, spelling, or vocabulary the letter A is a great place to start. What are your favorite A activities?
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