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Alphabet Frieze for Beginning Readers (Free Printable)

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One of the things that did not make it through our last move with us was an alphabet frieze I had drawn by hand many years before to help our preschoolers learn to read. I posted it along the top of the wall in our living room (which has almost always doubled as our schoolroom), as you can see in the background of this snapshot:

Free Printable Alphabet Cards to Post on Your Wall | www.flandersfamily.info

I’d use a long stick to point to the letters as we recited a little phonics rhyme that I adapted from The Ordinary Parent’s Guide to Teaching Reading. Even after my own children moved beyond phonics lessons, I’d often press my alphabet border back into service when I was babysitting grandkids, so they learned the rhyme, too.

Free Printable Alphabet Cards to Post on Your Wall | www.flandersfamily.info

The vowels (in red) are taught first. They have a rhyme all to themselves, which goes like this (from The Ordinary Parent’s Guide to Teaching Reading):

A is the first vowel we will say. /ă/ is the short vowel sound of A.
E is the next vowel. Don’t you see? /ĕ/ is the short vowel sound of E.
I is the third vowel that goes by. /ĭ/ is the short vowel sound of I.
O is the fourth vowel that I know. /ŏ/ is the short vowel sound of O.
U is the fifth vowel; that is true. /ŭ/ is the short vowel sound of U.

Free Printable Alphabet Cards to Post on Your Wall | www.flandersfamily.info
The consonants (in green) are taught after the vowels. I used the same pattern used in The Ordinary Parent’s Guide to Teaching Reading, but chose my own words, so as to continue the rhyming couplets the author started with BAT and CAT:

B says /b/ as in /b/ /b/ BAT.
C says /k/ as in /k/ /k/ CAT.
D says /d/ as in /d/ /d/ DOG.
F says /f/ as in /f/ /f/ FROG.
G says /g/ as in /g/ /g/ GOAL.
H says /h/ as in /h/ /h/ HOLE.
J says /j/ as in /j/ /j/ JEEP.
K says /k/ as in /k/ /k/ KEEP.
L says /l/ as in /l/ /l/ LACE.
M says /m/ as in /m/ /m/ MACE.
N says /n/ as in /n/ /n/ NAIL.
P says /p/ as in /p/ /p/ PAIL.
Q says /kw/ as in /kw/ /kw/ QUEEN.
R says /r/ as in /r/ /r/ RING.
S says /s/ as in /s/ /s/ SUN.
T says /t/ as in /t/ /t/ TON.
V says /v/ as in /v/ /v/ VEST.
W says /w/ as in /w/ /w/ WEST.
X says /x/ as in /x/ X-RAY.
Y says /y/ as in /y/ /y/ YEA!
Z says /z/ as in ZIPPER.

By way of explanation, I think I was covering the Middle Ages with my older children when I first illustrated this alphabet; hence, M stands for “mace” (a medieval weapon) and K stands for “keep” (the central tower and stronghold of a castle). That’s what the arrow is pointing at on the K card, but I was always a little concerned that visitors to our house would assume we just didn’t know how to spell “castle” — ha!

Free Printable Alphabet Cards to Post on Your Wall | www.flandersfamily.info

When we were getting ready to move last fall, a friend whose children are much younger than mine asked me where I planned to put my alphabet frieze in our new house. When I told her I would probably just throw it away, she asked me if she could have it to use in her homeschooling.

She had always admired my alphabet border, she told me, and had even gone on my website to see if I had a printable version available there, but could never find one.

That sounded like a smart idea to me, so before I passed along the original cards to her, I scanned them into my computer so I could share them here for any other moms/ teachers who might be looking for such a thing.

Free Printable Alphabet Frieze for Pre-Readers

The files were too large to upload in as a single PDF, so I broke them down into four batches. Click on the links below to print your own:

  • Alphabet Frieze Cards (A-G)
  • Alphabet Frieze Cards (H-N)
  • Alphabet Frieze Cards(O-T)
  • Alphabet Frieze Cards (U-Z)
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