FREE Printable Beginning Sounds Snowmen Activity

Kids will have fun building a snowman as they practice identifying the sounds letters make with these adorable snowman printables.  These snowman phonics worksheets are an engaging, hands-on activity for helping preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students about initial sounds.  Simply print pdf file and print winter phonics and say the name of the picture on the snowball; listen for the beginning sound and add the snowball to the snowman head with the alphabet letter that matches the sound you heard.

Snowman beginning sounds

How much fun are these phonics build a snowman printables? Even if the weather is cold and snowy outside, you can make learning fun this winter with this educational activity perfect for December, January, and February. Students will use what they’ve learned about phonemic awareness to listen for initial sounds and build a cute winter snowman using the free printable template in this winter activity for kindergartners, first graders, and preschoolers. Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler – you will love that this engaging reading readiness activity provides extra practice  for at home or as a literacy center in your classroom. This is a fun seasonal supplement to your homeschool phonics curriculum.

Winter beginning sounds

Start by scrolling to the bottom of the post, under the terms of use, and click on the text link that says >> _____ <<. The winter beginning sounds worksheet pdf file will open in a new window for you to save the freebie and print the template. Then open the pdf file and print the pages in color on cardstock and/or laminate for durability.

Beginning Sounds Worksheets

Are you wondering why teaching beginning sounds is so important?

Helping students understand the sounds letters make alone is essential for developing readers and writers. Once kids understanding that letters come together with other letters and that their sounds make words they are able to transfer this knowledge to their reading and writing. But before you jump into phonics, students need a firm understanding on phonemic awareness. This means they are aware that words are made up of sounds! The easiest place to start is beginning sounds because, well, they come first!  Teaching students to find beginning sounds in words is super fun with this Snowmen activity for prek and kindergarten age kids.

• Free Beginning Sounds Worksheets – no prep activity for practicing recognitizing beginning sounds with bingo dauber markers
• Penguin Beginning Sounds Match – cute winter themed activity for practicing matching letters with the sounds they make
• Beginning Sounds Clip Cards – fun, hands on activity for practicing; this activity is self checking!
• Alphabet Letters Beginning Sounds Match – clever board game that has kids clip pictures to practice matching beginning sounds
• Phonics Hot Chocolate & Marshmallow Matching – this winter themed beginning sounds matching activity is a fun way for kids to practice phonemic awareness

Beginnign Sounds Activity

Cut the snowmen body parts apart. You are ready for the fun, winter themed phonemic awareness activity for preschoolers and kindergartners.

Hint: We like to store our pieces in a small ziplock bag for ease of use and reuse. Parents, teachers, and tutors can use this winter educational activity in literacy centers or as extra practice over and over again!

Winter Activities for Kindergartners

For students just starting to listen for the sounds letters make, you may want to start by just giving them parts for a few snowmen at a time. Above we laid out the snowman pieces for letter r, letter y, letter q, and letter t.  The activity is easier the fewer the snowman you complete at the same time, the easier the activity is.

There is a snowman head with an attached top hat for each alphabet letter of the alphabet from A to Z. Have students tell you what sound the letter makes. (The r says “rrr”)  Then say the name of the picture on the snowball body part out loud, listening for the beginning sound of the word. Above students said rain and heard the rr sound at the begining. The preschooler then put the rain snowball below the R snowman. They will continue saying the picture names out loud for the remaining snowballs and sort them by beginning sound until each snowman is complete.

A complete snowman consiste of 3 snowballs – letter head and 2 additional snowballs with pictures on them. Sorting these images is great for practicing phonemic awareness!

Winter Activities for Kids

Looking for more fun winter crafts and winter activities for kids of all ages? Don’t miss these winter activity ideas!

• Kids will love making this super cute circle snowman craft!
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• Make this beautiful keepsake snowman handprint ornament
• Snowstorm in a jar winter science for preschoolers
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• Magic Melting Snowballs – Winter Science Experiment
• DIY Icicle Ornaments for kids
• Paint Swatch Tree Winter Craft for Preschoolers

Winter Science

Looking for more fun winter science projects for kids? We’ve got lots of fun ideas for you to try!

• Melting Snowman Winter Science Experiment
• Snowman Eruptions – Simple Winter Science Experiments
• Melting Snowman Slime Recipe
• Easy Exploding Snowman – Winter Science Experiment
• Snowman Measuring Snowfall – Winter STEM Activity
• Erupting Snow Winter Science Experiment
• How to Make Frost in a Can Winter Science Experiment
• Winter Snow Slime Recipe Activity for Kids

Preschool Winter Crafts

• Suncatcher Snowman Craft for Preschoolers
• Winter Snow Slime Recipe Activity for Kids
• FUN Snowman Launcher – Winter Activities for Preschoolers
• Construction Paper Snowman Wreath Craft for Kids this Winter
• Bauble Christmas Ornament Craft with FREE Printables
• Snowman Handmade Greeting Cards Winter Craft for Kids
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Winter Activities for Preschoolers

• Cute winter playdough mats for kids
• Snowball counting activity for preschool winter themes
• Free snap cube pattern cards for winter
• Alphabet Winter Worksheets for Preschool
• Snowglobe Counting – winter math activities for preschoolers
• Snow Theme Preschool

Winter Activities for Preschoolers

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