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Color the Pictures That Start With L

Say the name of each of ten pictures out loud and color only the six that begin with the L sound, like lion and lemon.

Suitable for
Ages 3–5
Pages
1 page
Level
Easy
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What your child practices

  • Hear the first sound of a spoken word
  • Link the L sound to the letters L and l
  • Sort pictures by their beginning sound
  • Color only the pictures that fit the rule

About this worksheet

A listening page for the letter L. Capital and lowercase L sit large at the top, and ten pictures fill the grid below. Six of them start with the L sound heard in lion; four do not. The child says each name and colors only the L pictures.

The pictures have no words under them, so the child has to listen to the first sound of each spoken name rather than match letter shapes. Noticing the first sound in a word is an early phonological awareness skill, and it is one of the steps that later helps children connect letters to the sounds they read.

Say each name slowly and hold the first sound — "lll-ion" — then ask whether it starts like L. The pictures show a lion, a cat, a sun, a ladybug, a lemon, a lollipop, a key, a leaf, a llama and a fish.

How to use this sheet

Name every picture together before any coloring starts, so the page tests sounds rather than vocabulary. Show how the tongue touches the top of the mouth for L in "lemon", then say "sun" and notice that it does not.

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