Phoneme Segmentation Worksheets — Tap, Count, Write (K-1)

Before a child can sound out words, they have to HEAR the sounds inside them — and phoneme segmentation is the skill the science of reading says to build first. This 12-page print-and-go pack gives ages 4-7 a complete segmentation workout in five steps. TAP AND COUNT (3 pages): say a word slowly, tap once for each sound, and write the number — starting with easy two-sound words (go, bee), moving to three-sound CVC words (cat, sun), then four-sound challenges (frog, jump). SOUND BOXES (2 pages): Elkonin-style pages where children say a word slowly and write one sound in each numbered box — three-sound then four-sound words. SOUND ISOLATION (3 pages): write just the FIRST sound you hear, then the trickiest one — the MIDDLE vowel sound — then the LAST sound. BLEND IT BACK (2 pages): the reverse skill — read sounds like s-u-n, blend them together, and write the whole word. Every page uses the same simple oral routine (say it slowly, tap it, write it), so it works for non-readers — no pictures to guess from, just sounds. 80 exercises in all, plus full answer keys with every word segmented sound by sound, so marking takes seconds. Clean, ink-friendly pages with lots of white space suit structured-literacy and intervention settings. Perfect for pre-K, kindergarten and first grade, homeschool, reading intervention and tutoring — the phonemic-awareness step that comes right before our CVC and phonics packs. Print-ready PDF in both US Letter and A4.