The letter "A" has three sounds, two of which are well known; the short a sound found in apple and the long a sound found in ate. The less common and seldom taught sound is found in words like always. I am for teaching this sound as a standard sound. There are so many rules and exceptions to those rules that children encounter as they learn to read and study written language that I feel ignoring this sound or teaching it as an exception later on only leads to confusion.
Here I have two examples of words that begin with the one of the three different sounds that the letter “A” makes.
| Animals that begin with the letter “A”: | Months that start with the letter “A”: | Vehicles that start with the letter “A” | Foods that start with the letter “A” | Still looking for more words that begin with the letter A? Try these: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ant | April | Airplane | Asparagus | Arm |
| Anteater | August | Apricot | All | |
| Armadillo | Almonds | Angel | ||
| Apatosaurus | Artichokes | Autumn | ||
| Alligator | Avocados | And | ||
| Aardvark | Air | Ape | ||
| Apples | Acorns Squash | Art | ||
| Arrow | ||||
| Ask |
Try making silly sentences with every word starting with the letter “A” you can make a sentence that shows the different sounds of “A” so the kids can see and here the differences. Or if you are trying to stress a sound challenge the kids to try and create a sentences that have as words starting with that sound as they can.
Ant always ate almonds.
I created these worksheets that you can print off.
"A" Maze
This one has space for the kids to practice writing the upper and lower case letter “A” and a fun maze they can navigate.
"A" Pictures and Practice
This worksheet has space for the kids to practice writing the upper and lower case letter “A”. It has three pictures of commonly associated objects with their names printed below that the kids can color. I have also included a picture of the letter in sign language.
Coloring Letter "A"
This sheet is very straight forward. It is a full page picture of the letter “A”. You can have the kids color the letter or draw things that begin with the letter “A” or paste pictures of objects that begin with the letter “A”.
Alligator Coloring Sheets
Alligator I Alligator II III IV
Ant Coloring Sheets
I
II
Ape Coloring Sheet
Here are different colored printable lacing cards for the letter “A”. Just print out, laminate and punch the holes out.
Blue Green Red White Yellow
