Literacy Worksheets for Early Learners

Our literacy worksheets combine spelling, reading, writing, and drawing in a really fun way! Early learners will read a few simple words, choose one to use in a sentence, draw a picture, and then complete the spelling of three words. Best of all, the child tells about himself as he completes each sentence. That's a sure way to keep kids engaged and on task!

Two worksheets feature simple words with short vowel sounds. One uses words with long vowel sounds. Here are thumbnails of two of the worksheets. Be sure to get the entire printable set.

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Or if you want to try some that we've already created, try these spelling worksheets!  Our collection includes alphabet printables and other fun pages suitable for young learners. Here are two examples:

ABC Fill-Ins: Two pages give students practice in completing the alphabet, then finding letters that spell a few kid-friendly words.

Letter Lines - Two fun worksheets that ask kids to read, copy and spell some simple three and four letter words. Perfect for kids who are eager to learn to read! 

What's Cooking? Three cut-and-paste worksheets require kids to sort capital letters from lower letters.

Word Match Worksheets - Two printable preschool worksheets in which young learners match the picture/word to the identical word. These pages teach visual discrimination and the reading of simple words. 

Rhyme Time! Kids will say the name of the first picture in each row, trace the word, find another picture in the same row that rhymes with the first picture, and then color all the pictures. This is FUN phonics practice! A second page features long vowel sounds.

In addition to worksheets, try...

Letter Lane - A phomenic awareness board game that features beginning consonant sounds for the letters b, d, f and m. No reading is necessary.

Which One? and Alphabetical Objects: Two free preschool activities that you can do with your child around the house, in the car, or in the classroom. The only supplies required are a few everyday items.

ABC Phonics Poem - A fun and funny way to learn about initial sounds!

Free Alphabet Games - "Secret Letters" and "Order, Please!"  Two easy games to play with a group of early learners.

Slip It In! - A great phonics game that kids can play over and over again. Our version features short vowel words, but you can adapt this game for other phonics skills as well.

Who Wants It? - A great sing-song activity to help kids listen to match initial sounds to the correct letters  

More Spelling Resources

Please note that we have lots more resources for early learners. Visit these sections of our site:

• Preschool - K  games & activities
  
• 1st grade worksheets
• 2nd grade worksheets 
• Phonics worksheets
  

Here are a few samples from our large collection of free Phonics Worksheets:

Rhyme Time  Two cute printables to give early learners practice in identifying rhyming words with short and long vowel sounds. 

Word family worksheets - Worksheet and booklet templates so your students can practice spelling any word family anytime!

Phonics Printables - 2 super-simple worksheets for beginners, featuring the letters  b, c, d, f, g, and h as initial consonants  

Start the Picture and Winter Fun  2 worksheets for more practice with beginning consonants and consonant blends

Be sure to check out my collection of Fun Spelling Worksheets for grades 1 and 2. 

You'll find lots of all-new pages, not on the website, to help boost your first and second graders' spelling and phonics skills!

Word family worksheets - Worksheet and booklet templates so your students can practice spelling any word family anytime!

Please note that we have lots of sight word games and activities to help provide plenty of fun practice with each important sight words list. 

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Ann Richmond Fisher is a longtime published educational writer, a former classroom teacher and a former homeschool teacher. Ann's spelling bee resources, graded spelling word lists, spelling games, worksheets, and other language arts resources have become respected around the globe since she launched Spelling-Words-Well in 2010.

Ann is also the creator of www.word-game-world.com.

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