Preschool Letter Sounds K to O worksheets

About this worksheet

M and N are the two sounds in this group a preschooler is most likely to confuse, because both are made with the voice humming and the air going out through the nose. The difference is entirely in the mouth: lips closed for /m/, tongue up behind the teeth for /n/. Children hear that difference much faster when they can feel it, so it is worth putting a finger on your lips as you say each one. This page also carries K, L, and the vowel O. Every question is answered by pointing at a picture, so a child who cannot read a single word can still show exactly what she can hear.

The versions differ in what is on the card and how close the wrong pictures are: the capital alone, the capital and small letter together, then the small letter with an M or N picture among the choices. L is always shown as a capital on its own, because a small l looks like a plain bar. Name the pictures aloud before your child chooses.

What your child will learn

• Connect K, L, M, N, and O to the sounds they stand for
• Feel the difference between /m/ and /n/ in the mouth
• Hear short O at the front of a spoken name
• Find a picture by its first sound when a near-sounding picture is also offered

Head Start ELOF standard: P-LIT 3, RF.K.3.A