Students simply identify the picture, determine its beginning sound, and color each section according to the matching beginning sound letter. As they work, a fun school-themed mystery picture is revealed!

These print-and-go phonics worksheets are perfect for kindergarten, preschool, pre-k, first grade intervention, homeschool, and special education classrooms.

Perfect For:

• Morning work
• Literacy centers
• Word work
• Small group instruction
• Independent practice
• Early finishers
• Sub plans
• Homework
• Phonics review
• Fast finisher activities

What’s Included:

20 printable Color by Code beginning sounds worksheets

You’ll receive:

• 5 different school-themed mystery pictures
• 4 differentiated versions of each picture
• 20 total no-prep pages

Students will:

• Identify each picture.
• Say the beginning (initial) sound.
• Find the matching beginning sound letter.
• Color the sections using the code to reveal the mystery picture.

The multiple versions make it easy to differentiate instruction and provide extra practice while keeping students engaged.

Why You’ll Love It:

• No prep, just print and teach!
• Fun school-themed mystery pictures motivate learners.
• Reinforces beginning sounds and letter-sound correspondence.
• Builds phonemic awareness and early reading skills.
• Great for independent or teacher-led practice.
• Easy to differentiate for a variety of learners.

Prep is quick and easy; simply print the pages, and your students are ready for a fun, hands-on beginning sounds review!

Skills Covered:

• Beginning sounds
• Initial sounds
• Letter-sound correspondence
• Phonemic awareness
• Alphabet recognition
• Early literacy
• Foundational phonics skills

Your students will love building their beginning sounds skills while having fun revealing each school-themed mystery picture!

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Students will identify the beginning sound of each picture, find the matching letter, and color the spaces to reveal an adorable pet-themed mystery picture. Just print and go for meaningful phonics practice all year long!

Perfect for kindergarten, preschool, first grade, RTI, intervention, and homeschool.

What’s Included

• 20 printable color by code pages
• 5 different pet-themed mystery pictures
• 4 versions of each mystery picture for easy differentiation
• Beginning sounds/initial sounds practice on every page
• Black-and-white, print-and-go worksheets

How It Works

Students will:

• Look at each picture.
• Say the picture name.
• Identify the beginning (initial) sound.
• Find the matching beginning sound letter.
• Color the section to reveal the mystery pet picture!

Perfect For

• Morning work
• Literacy centers
• Word work
• Small groups
• Independent practice
• Early finishers
• Sub plans
• Homework
• Fast finisher activities
• Phonics review
• Intervention and RTI

Why You’ll Love It

• No prep, just print and use!
• Fun mystery pictures keep students engaged.
• Easy to differentiate with multiple versions of each image.
• Reinforces beginning sounds in a meaningful, hands-on way.
• Builds confidence while practicing foundational phonics skills.

Prep is quick and easy; simply print the pages, and your students are ready for a fun beginning sounds review activity!

Skills Covered:

• Beginning sounds
• Initial sounds
• Letter-sound correspondence
• Phonemic awareness
• Early phonics
• Alphabet recognition
• Fine motor skills

Your students will love revealing the adorable pet mystery pictures while building confidence with beginning sounds and early phonics skills. Simply print, grab the crayons, and let the learning begin!

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These no-prep beginning sounds worksheets make phonics review simple for teachers and exciting for students. Just print and go! Students will identify the beginning (initial) sound of each picture, find the matching letter, and color the spaces to reveal a fun camping mystery picture.

These pages are perfect for:

• Morning work
• Literacy centers
• Word work
• Small groups
• Independent practice
• Early finishers
• Homework
• Sub plans
• Fast finishers
• Phonics review

What’s Included

• 20 printable pages
• 5 different camping-themed mystery pictures
• 4 versions of each mystery picture for easy differentiation
• Print-and-go, no prep activities

Students will:

• Look at each picture.
• Identify the beginning (initial) sound.
• Find the matching beginning sound letter.
• Color the correct spaces to complete the mystery picture.

The multiple versions make it easy to meet the needs of different learners while providing extra practice throughout the year.

Why You’ll Love It

• No prep, just print and go!
• Fun camping theme keeps students engaged.
• Reinforces beginning sounds and letter-sound correspondence.
• Great for kindergarten and first grade phonics practice.
• Makes independent work meaningful and enjoyable.

Whether you’re looking for an engaging literacy center, an easy morning work activity, or a fun way to review beginning sounds, these camping color by code pages are a classroom favorite!

Skills Covered:

• Beginning sounds
• Initial sounds
• Letter recognition
• Letter-sound correspondence
• Phonics
• Alphabet review
• Fine motor practice
• Independent learning

Perfect For:

Kindergarten • Preschool • First Grade • Homeschool • Literacy Centers • Summer School • Camping Theme Units • Phonics Review • Morning Work • Sub Plans • Early Finishers

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Perfect for kindergarten and early elementary classrooms, these safari-themed color by code pages are ready to print and use. Students simply look at each picture, identify its beginning sound, find the matching letter, and color the spaces to reveal a fun mystery picture!

These beginning sounds worksheets are great for:

• Morning work
• Early finishers
• Small group instruction
• Independent practice
• Literacy centers
• Word work
• Sub plans
• Homework
• Phonics review

What’s Included:

• 5 different safari-themed mystery pictures
• 4 versions of each picture for easy differentiation
• 20 total color by code beginning sounds pages

How It Works:

Students will:

1. Look at the picture clue.
2. Identify the beginning (initial) sound.
3. Find the matching beginning sound letter.
4. Color the spaces with the correct code to reveal the mystery picture.

Teacher-Friendly Features:

No prep – just print and go!

Fun, engaging phonics practice

Easy to differentiate for different learners

Great for independent work or guided practice

Helps reinforce letter sounds and beginning sound skills

Add a little safari adventure to your phonics lessons with this simple and engaging beginning sounds activity your students will love!

Skills Practiced:

Beginning Sounds • Initial Sounds • Letter Recognition • Phonics • Alphabet Sounds • Early Literacy Skills • CVC Readiness

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Perfect for kindergarten and early elementary classrooms, these dinosaur-themed color by code pages are ready to print and use. Students simply look at each picture, identify its beginning sound, find the matching letter, and color the spaces to reveal a fun mystery picture!

These beginning sounds worksheets are great for:

• Morning work
• Early finishers
• Small group instruction
• Independent practice
• Literacy centers
• Word work
• Sub plans
• Homework
• Phonics review

What’s Included:

• 5 different dinosaur-themed mystery pictures
• 4 versions of each picture for easy differentiation
• 20 total color by code beginning sounds pages

How It Works:

Students will:

1. Look at the picture clue.
2. Identify the beginning (initial) sound.
3. Find the matching beginning sound letter.
4. Color the spaces with the correct code to reveal the mystery picture.

Teacher-Friendly Features:

No prep – just print and go!

Fun, engaging phonics practice

Easy to differentiate for different learners

Great for independent work or guided practice

Helps reinforce letter sounds and beginning sound skills

Add a little dinosaur fun to your phonics lessons with this simple and engaging beginning sounds activity your students will love!

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These activities are ideal for:

• Morning work
• Early finishers
• Literacy centers
• Small groups
• Independent work
• Sub plans
• Homework
• Word work practice
• Pumpkin Day or Pumpkin Week

What’s Included

• 5 different pumpkin-themed mystery pictures
• 4 versions of each picture for easy differentiation
• 20 total color by code worksheets
• Students look at a picture, identify the beginning sound, and color the space to match the correct letter.

Why Teachers Love It

• No prep → Just print and go
• Engaging and interactive → Students practice phonics while having fun
• Versatile → Works for independent practice, centers, or group activities
• Differentiated options → Multiple versions make it easy to meet student needs

These Pumpkin Color by Code Beginning Sounds pages are a fun, seasonal way to strengthen phonemic awareness and letter-sound recognition while keeping students excited about learning!

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Students will love walking around the classroom to find each apple card, while teachers will love how easy it is to prep and how effectively it builds phonemic awareness in a hands-on way.

How It Works

1. Tape the apple beginning sound cards around the classroom.
2. Give each student a recording sheet.
3. Students move around, find the apple cards, and write the matching beginning letter on their sheet.

It’s simple, interactive, and keeps students focused while having fun!

What’s Included

• 26 apple beginning sound picture cards (A–Z) x is ending sound picture is box
• 2 recording sheets (lined + handwriting lines)
• Cards in both color and black & white (perfect for saving ink)

Why Teachers Love It

• Low prep → Just print, cut, and go!
• Versatile → Use for fall centers, small groups, morning work, early finishers, or during your apple unit.
• Durable → Laminate the cards to reuse year after year.
• Engaging → Combines movement + literacy in an active, meaningful way.

Perfect For:

• Preschool & Kindergarten
• Fall literacy centers
• Apple week activities
• Early finishers or small group ELA games

Make your fall alphabet practice fun, interactive, and seasonal with this Apple Beginning Sounds Write the Room Activity, a quick-prep center that gets kids excited about learning their letters and sounds!

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These hands-on, engaging board games are perfect for practicing initial sounds, building letter recognition, and reinforcing phonics skills in a festive Thanksgiving theme. Students will have a blast while learning, and teachers will love how easy these are to prep and use.

Perfect for:

• Literacy centers
• Small group instruction
• Take-home practice with family
• Differentiating for varied skill levels

Gameplay:

• 1-4 players
• Play using a die or the included spinners
• All game boards are Thanksgiving-themed and kid-friendly (family, turkey, football, parade etc)

What’s included:

• 10 Thanksgiving board games
  • 5 boards with pictures for students to identify beginning sounds
  • 5 boards with letters, prompting students to think of a word starting with that sound

• 4 spinners
• 12 kid game pieces
• Color & black-and-white printing options

Teacher tips:

• Laminate boards for durability if used as a center
• Quick and easy prep, just print and play!

Make phonics practice fun this Thanksgiving with a hands-on activity your students will love playing again and again!

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These no-prep color by code beginning sounds pages are a fun and engaging way to practice beginning sounds-initial sounds. They work great as morning work, in small groups, individual work, sub days, centers, word work, and homework.

What’s Included:

Included are 5 different Christmas-themed mystery pictures for the students to color in by beginning sounds. There are 4 pages of each of the 5 pictures with a total of 20 pages included. The student will look at the picture, determine the beginning sound, and find the corresponding beginning sound letter to color in. You can easily differentiate the pages for the students.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the pages and you’re ready for a fun beginning sounds review activity.

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This is such a fun addition to your Halloween center rotation! These activities are engaging, educational, and fun! They cover beginning sounds, CVC words, number sense, and addition to 10.

What’s Included:

Halloween Ghost CVC Middle Sounds Sort Center

Halloween Trick or Treat Addition to 10 Center

Halloween Frankenstein Beginning Sounds Center

Halloween Witch Number Sense to 10 Center

Prep is easy… Just print, cut and you’re ready for fun Halloween centers!

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This engaging snowman beginning sounds sort is a fun hands-on way to reinforce beginning sounds and initial sounds. This center is easy for the students to use and will help them build their beginning sound recognition. They work great for early finishers, are a great addition to math centers, or can be used in small groups.

The student will set out each Frankenstein. They will then sort the letter potions onto the correct beginning sounds picture Frankenstein.

Here’s what’s included:

Frankenstein for each letter of the alphabet showing a picture

A potion with each letter that the students will match to the correct Frankenstein.

The center comes in both color and black and white printing options.

Prep is easy… Just print, cut and you’re ready for a fun Halloween beginning sounds activity!

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These no-prep summer beginning sounds mystery puzzles are a fun, hands-on way to practice initial sounds and build letter and sound recognition.

These mystery puzzles are a fun and engaging addition to your literacy center rotation, can be used in small groups, or can be sent home to play with family members. You can easily differentiate the puzzles too!

The students will match the puzzle piece letters to the matching beginning sound to solve the mystery picture. A black and white copy can also be given to each student to color, and then cut and glue onto the matching beginning sound picture to create the puzzle picture.

What’s included:

10 mystery puzzles All of the mystery puzzles are general summer-themed.

Comes in both color and black-and-white printing options

If you use it as a center, laminating is suggested for longer use.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the mystery puzzles and you’re ready for a fun summer beginning sounds activity!

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This no-prep color-by-code beginning sounds pages are a fun and engaging way to practice beginning sounds-initial sounds. They work great as morning work, in small groups, individual work, sub days, centers, word work, and homework.

What’s Included:

Included are 5 different spring-themed mystery pictures for the students to color in by beginning sounds. There are 4 pages of each of the 5 pictures with a total of 20 pages included. The student will look at the picture, determine the beginning sound, and find the corresponding beginning sound letter to color in. You can easily differentiate the pages for the students.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the pages and you’re ready for a fun beginning sounds review activity.

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID….

Victoria L. says, “Amazing resource! My kids LOVED this! We will use it for years to come! “

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This no-prep color-by-code beginning sounds pages are a fun and engaging way to practice beginning sounds-initial sounds. They work great as morning work, in small groups, individual work, sub days, centers, word work, and homework.

What’s Included:

Included are 5 different St. Patrick’s Day-themed mystery pictures for the students to color in by beginning sounds. There are 4 pages of each of the 5 pictures with a total of 20 pages included. The student will look at the picture, determine the beginning sound, and find the corresponding beginning sound letter to color in. You can easily differentiate the pages for the students.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the pages and you’re ready for a fun beginning sounds review activity.

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These no-prep spring beginning sounds mystery puzzles are a fun, hands-on way to practice initial sounds and build letter and sound recognition.

These mystery puzzles are a fun and engaging addition to your literacy center rotation, can be used in small groups, or can be sent home to play with family members. You can easily differentiate the puzzles too!

The students will match the puzzle piece letters to the matching beginning sound to solve the mystery picture. A black and white copy can also be given to each student to color, and then cut and glue onto the matching beginning sound picture to create the puzzle picture.

What’s included:

10 mystery puzzles All of the mystery puzzles are general spring-themed.

Comes in both color and black and white printing options

If you use as a center, laminating is suggested for longer use.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the mystery puzzles and you’re ready for a fun spring beginning sounds activity!

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…..

Christina F. says, “Great literacy center activity or an activity for a parent volunteer to use with a child.”

Kylee D. says, “Students loved this. Very engaging! Students worked very hard. “

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These no-prep spring beginning sounds board games are a fun, hands-on way to practice initial sounds and build letter and sound recognition.

These board games are a fun and engaging addition to your literacy center rotation, used in small groups, or can be sent home to play with family members. You can easily differentiate the game too!

They can be played with 1-4 players and you can play using a die or using the spinners that are included. All of the game boards are general spring-themed.

What’s included:

10 board games

5 boards with pictures of items to identify the beginning, initial sound

5 boards with letters, which the student will think of a word that has that beginning
sound.

4 spinners

12 kid game pieces

Comes in both color and black and white printing options

If you use it as a center, laminating is suggested for longer use.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the game boards and you’re ready for a fun spring beginning sounds activity!

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These no-prep Valentine’s Day beginning sounds board games are a fun, hands-on way to practice initial sounds and build letter and sound recognition.

These board games are a fun and engaging addition to your literacy center rotation, used in small groups, or can be sent home to play with family members. You can easily differentiate the game too!

They can be played with 1-4 players and you can play using a die or using the spinners that are included. All of the game boards are Valentine’s Day-themed.

What’s included:

10 board games

5 boards with pictures of items to identify the beginning, initial sound

5 boards with letters in which the student will think of a word that has that beginning
sound.

4 spinners

12 kid game pieces

It comes in both color and black-and-white printing options

If you use it as a center, laminating is suggested for longer use.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the game boards and you’re ready for a fun Valentine’s Day beginning sounds activity!

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These no-prep Valentine’s Day beginning sounds mystery puzzles are a fun, hands-on way to practice initial sounds and build letter and sound recognition.

These mystery puzzles are a fun and engaging addition to your literacy center rotation and can be used in small groups or sent home to play with family members. You can easily differentiate the puzzles too!

The students will match the puzzle piece letters to the matching beginning sound to solve the mystery picture. A black and white copy can also be given to each student to color, and then cut and glue onto the matching beginning sound picture to create the puzzle picture.

What’s included:

10 mystery puzzles All of the mystery puzzles are Valentine’s Day-themed.

It comes in both color and black-and-white printing options

If you use it as a center, laminating is suggested for longer use.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the mystery puzzles and you’re ready for a fun Valentine’s Day beginning sounds activity!

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These no-prep winter beginning sounds mystery puzzles are a fun, hands-on way to practice initial sounds and build letter and sound recognition.

These mystery puzzles are a fun and engaging addition to your literacy center rotation can be used in small groups or can be sent home to play with family members. You can easily differentiate the puzzles too!

The students will match the puzzle piece letters to the matching beginning sound to solve the mystery picture. A black and white copy can also be given to each student to color, and then cut and glue onto the matching beginning sound picture to create the puzzle picture.

What’s included:

10 mystery puzzles All of the mystery puzzles are winter-themed.

Comes in both color and black and white printing options

If you use it as a center, laminating is suggested for longer use.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the mystery puzzles and you’re ready for a fun winter beginning sounds activity!

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These no-prep winter beginning sounds board games are a fun, hands-on way to practice initial sounds and build letter and sound recognition.

These board games are a fun and engaging addition to your literacy center rotation, used in small groups, or can be sent home to play with family members. You can easily differentiate the game too!

They can be played with 1-4 players and you can play using a die or using the spinners that are included. All of the game boards are winter-themed.

What’s included:

10 board games

5 boards with pictures of items to identify the beginning, initial sound

5 boards with letters in which the student will think of a word that has that beginning
sound.

4 spinners

12 kid game pieces

Comes in both color and black and white printing options

If you use it as a center, laminating is suggested for longer use.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the game boards and you’re ready for a fun winter beginning sounds activity!

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These no-prep Christmas beginning sounds mystery puzzles are a fun, hands-on way to practice initial sounds and build letter and sound recognition.

These mystery puzzles are a fun and engaging addition to your literacy center rotation and can be used in small groups or can be sent home to play with family members. You can easily differentiate the puzzles too!

The students will match the puzzle piece letters to the matching beginning sound to solve the mystery picture. A black and white copy can also be given to each student to color, and then cut and glue onto the matching beginning sound picture to create the puzzle picture.

What’s included:

10 mystery puzzles All of the mystery puzzles are Christmas-themed.

Comes in both color and black-and-white printing options

If you use it as a center, laminating is suggested for longer use.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the mystery puzzles and you’re ready for a fun Christmas beginning sounds activity!

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These color by code Beginning Sounds pages are a fun and engaging way to practice beginning sounds-initial sounds. They work great as morning work, small groups, individual work, centers, word work and homework.

Included are 5 different Halloween-themed pictures for the students to color in by beginning sounds. There are 4 pages of each of the 5 pictures. The student will look at the picture and find the corresponding beginning sound letter to color in. You can easily differentiate the pages for the students.

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These no prep color by code beginning sounds pages are a fun and engaging way to practice beginning sounds-initial sounds. They work great as morning work, in small groups, individual work, sub days, centers, word work, and homework.

What’s Included:

Included are 5 different fall-themed mystery pictures for the students to color in by beginning sounds. There are 4 pages of each of the 5 pictures with a total of 20 pages included. The student will look at the picture, determine the beginning sound, and find the corresponding beginning sound letter to color in. You can easily differentiate the pages for the students.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the pages and you’re ready for a fun beginning sounds review activity.

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

Malinda J. says,  “Good and fun practice pages for beginning of year Kindergarten and independent work.”

Nicole N. says, “My students love this and are very engaged while doing this activity “

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Your students will have fun reviewing their beginning sounds with these I Have Who Has Games. These games can be played as a whole class, in small groups, or even with just 2 players.

Included are 3 games.

-Set 1 is letters in alphabetical order. – 26 cards

-Set 2 is letters in random order. – 26 cards

-Set 3 is letters in random order – 26 cards

Also included is a 4 x 6in game box label and game instructions to put in the box too.

Laminating the cards is suggested.

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