Phonics
Learn the Alphabet Names and Sounds
This webpage contains resources for teaching the alphabet and related phonics. It goes from A – Z.
The video resources here are from YouTube creators. They are not the creation of EdThings.com. Jack Hartman and Alphablocks are very popular amongst teachers for reinforcing phonics lessons.
Phonemes/Spellings
A a
Spellings: a, a_e,
Letter A is a Vowel
Please
See our page on Vowel Sounds
Examples
Long A: A, bake
Short A: apple, arm, at, cat
Phonemes/Spellings
B b
Spelling(s): b
Examples
bat, cab, club, tub
bomb, comb, climb
Phonemes/Spellings
C c
Sounds Like C or K
Spelling(s): c, k, ck, ke, ch,
qu (only the q in qu )
Examples
cap, cup, cook, clap, crab
Other spellings that sound similar:
quit, quilt, quack
kit, kite, Bike
Phonemes/Spellings
D d
Spelling(s): d, t/tt*
Examples
dog, dad, hid, land
Other spellings that sound similar:
petal, settle, jitter
Phonemes/Spellings
E e
Spelling(s): e, ee, ea, ei, ie, ey, e_e, y
Examples
Long E: be, meet, Easter, ear, clear, key, protein, piece, candy
Short: egg, bet, men, tell
Please
See our page on Vowel Sounds
Playlist
Phonemes/Spellings
F f
Spelling(s): f, ff, ph, gh
Examples
fun, fish, flag
Other spellings that sound similar:
phone, trophy,
laugh, cough
stuff, bluff, cliff
Phonemes/Spellings
G g
Spelling(s): g
Examples
goat, hug, fog, gate
gave, goal, gust, glove
girl grift, get
Playlist
Phonemes/Spellings
H h
Spelling(s): h
Examples
hat, hose, hurt, happy
who, whom, whose
chair, sheep, the, what, phone
Phonemes/Spellings
I i
Spellings: i, ie, i_e, igh, y, eigh
Letter I is a Vowel
Please
See our page on Vowel Sounds
Examples
Long I: hike, pie, right, cry, height
Short i: him, miss, it,
Phonemes/Spellings
J j
Spelling(s): j, dge, ge, gi, gy
Examples
juice, jump, joke
judge, page, gist, gym
Phonemes/Spellings
K k
Spelling(s): k, c, ck, ke, ch,
qu (only the q in qu )
Examples
cook, back,
quit, quilt, quack
cap, cup, cook, clap, crab
back, snack, lick, rock
lake, look, seek, cloak
cake, bike, smoke
Phonemes/Spellings
L l
Spelling(s): l, ll, le
Examples
glove, love, ball, kettle
pull, fill, spill
calf, talk, walk
Phonemes/Spellings
M m
Spelling(s): m, mb, lm, mn
Examples
mom, comb, film, hymn
Phonemes/Spellings
N n
Spelling(s): n, kn, gn
Examples
no, can
knot, know
sign, gnome
Phonemes/Spellings
O o
Spellings:
Letter o is a Vowel
Please
See our page on Vowel Sounds
Examples
Long O: Oak, Oat, Or, boat
Short O: Not, rock, lost
00: oops, loop, boot
Phonemes/Spellings
P p
Spelling: p
Examples
pat, pan, pot, pin, put
Playlist
Phonemes/Spellings
Q q
Spelling: qu, q
Examples
quick, quiet, quiz
Playlist
Phonemes/Spellings
R r
Spelling(s): r, wr
Examples
rain, right, ran, robot
write, wrote, wrong
Playlist
Phonemes/Spellings
S s
Spelling(s): s, ss, se, sce, sci
ce, ci, cy,
Examples
sun, miss, set, scene, science
Other S sound spelling examples:
cell, city, cycle
Phonemes/Spellings
T t
Spelling(s): t, tt, th
Examples
top, ton, ten
mitt, little
Thomas
th usually makes a slightly different sound, see our page on digraphs.
Playlist
Phonemes/Spellings
U u
Spellings:
Letter o is a Vowel
Please
See our page on Vowel Sounds
Phonemes/Spellings
V v
Spelling(s): v, ve
Examples
vine, vote, have, live
Phonemes/Spellings
W w
Spelling(s): w,
qu, wh
in qu the u makes similar sound to w.
wh is a digraph that makes a similar sound.
Examples
we, want, wake, wipe
Similar sound spellings:
what, where, when
quake, quiet
Phonemes/Spellings
X x
Spelling(s): x
Examples
axe, six, box
Phonemes/Spellings
Y y
Spelling(s): y
Examples
yum, yuck, yellow
The letter why often makes vowel sounds of e or a sound in words like. Y is sometimes a vowel.
e – happy,
a – play
Playlist
Phonemes/Spellings
Z z
Spelling(s): z, zz, s, se
Examples
zoo, zip, zebra
buzz, pizza, size
busy, business
nose, use
