Letter A Sound Worksheets

Here are free printable letter A sound worksheets. 

There’s:

• a beginning sound coloring worksheet
• a phonics worksheet where kids need to identify the syllable that has a short A vowel sound

The letter A worksheets are perfect for kindergarten or 1st grade students working on letter sound recognition.

Letter A Beginning Sound Worksheet

The first page is a fun letter A coloring page for kindergarten. 

After sounding out each word, children can color all the items that begin with a short A sound or a long A sound. 

Young learners will only need some crayons to color the apple, avocado, alligator, ax….

The alphabet coloring worksheet has 18 images of various items.

The initial sound of 9 of the objects begins with a short letter A sound. And 3 of the items begin with a long A sound.

Letter A Phonics Worksheet

Here’s another alphabet worksheet to give kids some extra practice with the short A sound.

It’s perfect for 1st graders learning or reviewing the letter sounds.

In this letter A phonics worksheet, children will need to identify which syllable or syllables in each word contain a short letter A sound. 

For example: PINE AP PLE

After sounding the word out, kids will hear a short A sound in the 2nd syllable.

There are 3 boxes below the image of the pineapple, each representing a syllable. In this example, kids would put an X in the second box.

Kids might find it helpful to lightly clap while saying each syllable.

Printable Letter A Sound Worksheets

The free printable letter a sound worksheets can be downloaded below. 

An answer page is included in the pdf to make things easy for teachers and homeschooling parents.

Are you working through the letters of the alphabet? Here are the letter B worksheets.

More Letter A Activities

Here are some more fun letter A activities:

• A is for alligator! Kids can learn to draw a cartoon alligator in 9 easy steps with this fun letter A activity
• astronaut connect the dots coloring page
• alien dot to dot coloring page

Answer Keys

The answer keys for the letter A sound worksheets can be viewed below. The answers are also included in the PDF.

Letter A Beginning Sound Worksheet Answer Key

The answer key for the beginning sound worksheet:

Twelve pictures should be colored, 9 that begin with a short A sound and 3 with a long A sound. Kids need to color:

1. Africa
2. astronaut
3. ant
4. ax
5. ambulance
6. avocado
7. apple
8. alligator
9. abacus
10. acorn
11. alien
12. apron

Letter A Phonics Worksheet Answer Key

Here is the answer key for the letter A phonics worksheet: