M-R Phonic Beginning Sound Worksheet: Circle the Correct Letter!
This phonics worksheet focuses children ages 4-6 on distinguishing between five similar beginning sounds — M, P, O, R, and N — by having them look at a picture, say its name, and circle the correct starting letter from those choices. Including several letters as answer options, rather than just one, makes this a meaningfully harder discrimination task than a single-letter worksheet, since children must rule out close-sounding alternatives.
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- Topic:
- Beginning Sounds
- Skill:
- Beginning Sounds (Phonics - Letter Sounds): Identify the beginning sound of words.
- Pack:
- Page 4 of 28 in Month 3: Learning & Development | Ages Up to 4.
How to use this worksheet
Look at the first picture together and say its name slowly, emphasizing the very first sound. Show your child the letter choices — M, P, O, R, N — and ask which one matches that beginning sound. Have them circle the correct letter, then move to the next picture and repeat the process. Work through the whole page, always saying the word aloud before choosing.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- 1Play a fast sorting game, calling out words and having your child say M or R depending on the beginning sound.
- 2Find household objects that start with M and R and group them into two separate piles.
- 3Make simple flashcards pairing each of the five letters with a picture from the worksheet.
- 4Practice tongue twisters using words that all start with the same one of the five target letters.
- 5Draw an original picture for one of the five letters that wasn't already on the worksheet.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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