SOUNDS

168 COLOUR
ALPHABET AND
PHONEMES
FLASH CARDS
❄

❄
a b apple
baseball

c d
ee oa
caterpillar
dinosaur

goat
leek

oo igh
moon
night
Fast Phonics Sounds • Alphabet and Phonemes Flash Cards
ISBN: 978-1-922538-67-3
Copyright © Blake eLearning 2021
Blake Publishing
Locked Bag 2022
Glebe NSW 2037
www.blake.com.au
Publisher: Katy Pike
Editors: Amy Russo and Romana Toson
Design and layout: The Modern Art Production Group
Ownership of Content: the content and materials contained in this work, including without limitation all information, text, graphics, names,
logos and marks are protected by copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property laws.
This work is copyright. Other than as permitted by, and subject to the conditions prescribed under, the Australian Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) or
copyright legislation which applies to you or in your location, you may not in any form or by any means adapt, reproduce, distribute, print,
display, communicate, publish or create derivative works from any part of this work; or commercialise any information, products or services
obtained from any part of this work; without the permission of the copyright owner.
Without limiting any rights of the copyright owner, where copyright legislation in a location includes a remunerated scheme to permit
educational institutions to reproduce (copy or print) any part of the work, the owners of copyright in this work will claim remuneration where
any part of the work is printed or photocopied in accordance with that remunerated scheme.
 READING SKILLS
Research shows that good phonological awareness skills are crucial for early reading
success. But some kids need lots of practise to develop these skills. So we’ve created
this booklet to help your students build strong oral, listening and segmenting skills while
they have fun at the same time. Phonological awareness skills include being able to
✓ break a word into syllables
✓ hear the sounds that makes up a word
✓ identify words that rhyme
✓ use alliteration.
Phonological awareness is foundational for
✓ Beginning readers
✓ Struggling readers
✓ ELL
Using this booklet, children will build essential phonological awareness skills as they
listen for initial sounds, orally segment words, and then blend the sounds together to
make words. It contains 168 × printable colour flash cards.

Why sounds?
Listening is an essential pre-reading skill for learners. Being able to hear sounds
(phonemes) in words is an important early literacy skill. It is called sound discrimination.
It has a part in language and early reading. Being able to identify the initial sound
allows children to tell the difference between words and sounds that are similar and
those that are different; e.g., dog and log. Sound discrimination becomes crucial as
children move into the early stages of writing.

Happy
Eggsploring!

Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 iii Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning

 Resource listing
Page 1 Page 12 Page 23 Page 34
a as in apple Q as in Quail sh as in shell st as in star
b as in baseball R as in Rooster th as in thumb tw as in twins
c as in caterpillar S as in Snake ai as in rain sm as in small
d as in dinosaur T as in Tiger ng as in ring pr as in prize
Page 2 Page 13 Page 24 Page 35
e as in egg U as in Umbrella ee as in leek sc as in scarf
f as in flower V as in Valley oa as in goat sk as in skateboard
g as in girl W as in Walrus oo as in moon nch as in bench
h as in horse X as in boX igh as in night sn as in snail
Page 3 Page 14 Page 25 Page 36
i as in insect Y as in Yak oo as in book scr as in screw
j as in jellybeans Z as in Zebra ar as in card shr as in shrew
k as in key How to Use Flashcards or as in fork thr as in throne
l as in lamp ur as in burger str as in string
Page 15
Page 4 s as in snake Page 26 Page 37
m as in mouse a as in apple ow as in cow ay as in crayons
n as in nails t as in tree oi as in coin ou as in cloud
o as in orange p as in penguin ear as in beard ie as in tie
p as in penguin air as in chair ea as in beads
Page 16
Page 5 i as in insect Page 27 Page 38
q as in queen n as in nail er as in eraser oy as in boy
r as in road m as in mouse st as in nest ir as in girl
s as in snake d as in dinosaur ure as in picture ue as in glue
t as in tree nd as in hand ue as in statue
Page 17
Page 6 g as in girl Page 28 Page 39
u as in up o as in orange nt as in tent aw as in saw
v as in vase c as in caterpillar nk as in tank wh as in whale
w as in worm k as in key ft as in gift wh as in whole
x as in x-ray mp as in lamp ph as in elephant
Page 18
Page 7 ck as in rocket Page 29 Page 40
y as in yo-yo r as in road sk as in tusk ew as in stew
z as in zipper e as in egg lt as in belt ew as in screw
How to use Flashcards u as in up lf as in shelf oe as in toe
lp as in help au as in sauce
Page 8 Page 19
A as in Alligator l as in lamp Page 30 Page 41
B as in Bear h as in horse lk as in milk ey as in key
C as in Cat b as in baseball xt as in text a-e as in grapes
D as in Dog f as in flower tr as in tree e-e as in concrete
pt as in swept i-e as in slide
Page 9 Page 20
E as in Elephant ll as in bell Page 31 Page 42
F as in Flag ff as in sniff dr as in dragonfly o-e as in bone
G as in Goat ss as in grass br as in brush u-e as in flute
H as in House j as in jellybeans cr as in crab u-e as in cube
gr as in grapes How to use Flashcards
Page 10 page 21
I as in Iguana v as in vase Page 32
J as in Jellyfish w as in worm fr as in frog
K as in Kangaroo x as in x-ray bl as in blueberry
L as in Lion y as in yo-yo fl as in flower
gl as in glass
Page 11 Page 22
M as in Mountain z as in zipper Page 33
N as in Nurse zz as in fizz cl as in clown
O as in Octopus ch as in chicken sl as in sleep
P as in Panda qu as in queen pl as in plant
sp as in spoon

Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 iv Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning

 dinosaur
baseball
b
d caterpillar
apple
a
c
Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 1 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning
 flower

horse
h
f egg

girl
g
e

Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 2 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning

 jellybeans

lamp
j
l key
insect

k
i

Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 3 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning

 penguin
nails
n
p
mouse

orange
m
o
Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 4 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning
 road

tree
r
t
queen

snake
q
s
Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 5 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning
 vase

x-ray
v
x worm
up

w
u

Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 6 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning

Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3
zipper
y yo-yo
z

7
How to Use
Print, cut and laminate each flashcard
❆ Take some time to go through the cards with the child. Talk about any letters
they recognise already. Can they say the letter’s name? Can they say its sound?
❆ Ask the child to trace a finger over the top of each letter whilst saying its sound.
❆ Match upper and lowercase letters from both flashcard packs.
❆ Ask the child to pick out the first letter of their name, or any other names they
know. Can they say each letter’s name and sound?
❆ Pick a letter from the pack and play ‘I spy’. How many things
can the child find that start with that sound?
❆ Shuffle the pack. Ask the child to sing the alphabet song and
work with a partner to put the cards into alphabetical order.
❆ Put 5 cards on display for the child to memorise. Remove one whilst the child
How to Use
Print, cut and laminate each flashcard
❆ Shuffle the pack. Ask the child to pick a letter. How many objects or pictures
cut from a magazine can they find that start with that letter?
Images could be pasted to make a poster.
❆ Ask the child to select a card. Get them to draw a picture
of something that starts with that sound for a partner
to guess. Swap over.
❆ Get the child to pick a letter and to make it using playdough.
Make sure they can say its name and sound.
❆ Using the whole pack, ask the child to sort the cards into
vowels and consonants.
❆ Play memory match. Ask the child to put 4 uppercase letters and
their matching lowercase letters face-down in a 4 x 3 grid.

Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning

closes their eyes. Can they figure out which letter is missing? Can they find the matching pairs?
 Bear

Dog
D
B Alligator

Cat
A
C
Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 8 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning
 House
Flag

H
F Elephant

Goat
G
E

Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 9 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning

 Lion
Jellyfish

L
J
Kangaroo
Iguana

K
I

Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 10 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning

 Nurse

Panda
N
P
Mountain

Octopus
M
O
Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 11 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning
 Rooster

Tiger
R
T Snake
Quail
Q
S
Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 12 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning
 Valley

boX
V
X
Umbrella

Walrus
W
U

Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 13 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning

Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3
Yak
14
Y How to Use
Print, cut and laminate each flashcard
❆ Take some time to go through the cards with the child. Talk about any letters
they recognise already. Can they say the letter’s name? Can they say its sound?
❆ Ask the child to trace a finger over the top of each letter whilst saying its sound.
❆ Match upper and lowercase letters from both flashcard packs.
❆ Ask the child to pick out the first letter of their name, or any other names they
know. Can they say each letter’s name and sound?
❆ Pick a letter from the pack and play ‘I spy’. How many things
can the child find that start with that sound?
❆ Shuffle the pack. Ask the child to sing the alphabet song and
work with a partner to put the cards into alphabetical order.
❆ Put 5 cards on display for the child to memorise. Remove one whilst the child
Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning
closes their eyes. Can they figure out which letter is missing?
Zebra
Z How to Use
Print, cut and laminate each flashcard
❆ Shuffle the pack. Ask the child to pick a letter. How many objects or pictures
cut from a magazine can they find that start with that letter?
Images could be pasted to make a poster.
❆ Ask the child to select a card. Get them to draw a picture
of something that starts with that sound for a partner
to guess. Swap over.
❆ Get the child to pick a letter and to make it using playdough.
Make sure they can say its name and sound.
❆ Using the whole pack, ask the child to sort the cards into
vowels and consonants.
❆ Play memory match. Ask the child to put 4 uppercase letters and
their matching lowercase letters face-down in a 4 x 3 grid.
Can they find the matching pairs?
 penguin
apple
a
p
snake

tree
s
t
Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 15 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning
 dinosaur
nail
n
d mouse
insect

m
i

Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 16 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning

 orange

key
k
o
caterpillar
girl
g
c
Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 17 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning
 road

up
u
r rocket

egg
ck
e
Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 18 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning
 flower
horse
h
f baseball
lamp

b
l

Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 19 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning

 jellybeans
sniff
ff
j grass
bell

ss
ll

Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 20 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning

 worm

yo-yo
w
y
vase

xray
v
x
Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 21 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning
 queen
fizz

qu
z zz
chicken
zipper

ch
Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 22 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning
 thumb

ring
ng
sh th shell

rain
ai
Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 23 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning
 night
goat

igh
ee oa
moon
leek

oo
Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 24 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning
 burger
card
oo ar
or ur
book

fork

Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 25 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning

 coin

chair
ear air
ow oi cow

beard

Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 26 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning

 hand
nest

ure nd
st
picture
eraser
er

Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 27 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning

 lamp
tank

mp
nt nk tent

gift
ft
Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 28 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning
 help
belt

lp
lt tusk

shelf
sk
lf
Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 29 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning
 swept
text

pt
xt milk

tree
lk
tr
Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 30 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning
 grapes
brush
dr br
gr
dragonfly

crab
cr
Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 31 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning
 blueberry

glass
bl
gl flower
frog
fr
fl
Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 32 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning
 spoon
sleep

sp
sl
plant
clown

pl
cl

Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 33 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning

 twins

prize
st tw
pr small
star

sm
Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 34 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning
 skateboard

snail
nch sn
sc sk
bench
scarf

Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 35 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning

 shrew

string
scr shr
thr str throne
screw

Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 36 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning

 beads
cloud
ou
ea
crayons

tie
ay
ie
Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 37 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning
 statue
girl

ue
ir
glue
boy
oy
ue
Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 38 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning
 elephant
whale
aw wh
wh ph whole

whole
saw

2
!

Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 39 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning

 screw

sauce
ew
au
stew

toe
ew
oe
Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 40 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning
 grapes

slide
ey a-e
e-e i-e concrete
key

Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3 41 Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning

Flash Cards • 978-1-922538-67-3
bone flute
o-e u-e

42
How to Use
Print, cut and laminate each flashcard
Use these versatile cards in many different ways.

❆ Begin by splitting the cards into single letters, digraphs (two letters) and
trigraphs (three letters) that make phonemes (sounds).

❆ Start with single letters. Talk about any initial sounds they already know. Find
the card. Say the sound and the matching word.

❆ Ask the child to trace a finger over the top of each letter whilst saying its sound.

❆ Ask the child to pick out the first sound of their name, or any other
sounds they know.

❆ Pick an initial (first) sound from the pack and play ‘I spy’.
How many things can the child find that start with that sound?
cube ❆ Choose an initial sound from the pack. Can you draw three
things with the same first sound?

Fast Phonics © Blake eLearning

u-e