Letters s, a, t: Sound and Shape

🎯 What You'll Learn

You will learn to recognise and sound out the letters s, a, and t — your first three reading letters!

🌟 Let's Start

Today is a very special day — you are going to learn your first letters for reading! We will start with three letters: s, a, and t. With just these three letters, you can already make a real word!

📚 New Concept

Letter s:

• Sound: /s/ — like a snake hissing: sssssss
• Shape: It looks like a curvy snake. Start at the top, curve left, then curve right.
• Words: sun, sit, sat

Letter a:

• Sound: /a/ — open your mouth wide: aaa (like the a in ant)
• Shape: Start with a small circle, then add a line going down on the right side.
• Words: ant, at, am

Letter t:

• Sound: /t/ — a short, sharp sound: t-t-t (tap your tongue behind your top teeth)
• Shape: Draw a line going down, then cross it near the top.
• Words: ten, tap, top

Your first word! Put them together: s-a-t → sat! "The girl sat on the chair." You just read your first word!

Also try: at (a-t) and as (a-s).

🎮 Let's Practice

1. What sound does the letter s make?
2. Blend these letters: s-a-t. What word do you get?
3. Blend these letters: a-t. What word do you get?

Click to see answers

1. The letter s makes the /s/ sound — like a snake: sssss.
2. s-a-t = sat.
3. a-t = at.

💡 Remember

Your first three letters are s, a, and t. Each one makes a sound. When you blend the sounds together, you read a word! s-a-t = sat. You are reading!