Alphabet Posters with Real Pictures and Mouth Photos, Science of Reading Activities

Bring the alphabet to life with these engaging posters featuring real student mouth photos and keyword images that align with best practices from the Science of Reading. Perfect for teaching letters A–Z and all 44 phonemes, these visuals help students connect speech to print—a critical step in learning to read.

What’s Included:

This download features full-color Alphabet Wall Cards with:

• ✅ Real photographs of kindergarten students forming sounds
• ✅ Keyword images for each letter or phoneme
• ✅ Clean, traditional font (uppercase & lowercase)
• ✅ Large format: 10.8 x 5.04 inches—perfect for classroom display or digital use

Use them for your sound wall, alphabet line, phonics lessons, or centers!

A–Z Alphabet Posters

1. Each card includes:

• • Upper & lowercase letters
  • Keyword image (aligned with Simply Kinder phonics resources)
  • Real mouth photo of a student making the sound

44+ Phoneme Posters
Each poster includes:

• • • Phoneme in slashes (e.g., /g/, /ā/)
    • Mouth photo
    • Keyword image

Covers all 44 phonemes, plus support for /x/ and /qu/ with combination mouth visuals

1. Extra Posters & Teacher Requests

• Alternate keyword versions
• Bonus phoneme visuals based on teacher feedback
• Additional vowel options for flexibility

Vowel & Sound Representation:

• Short vowels (A–Z set): apple, edge, itch, octopus, up
• Phoneme posters include: bee, itch, apron, edge, apple, ice, dog, up, saw, bone, book, moon, unicorn, coin, ouch, bird, car, fork, and more
• Note: /x/ and /qu/ include two photos each to show correct mouth formation for compound phonemes

Teacher Reviews:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “My students absolutely LOVE this resource. As a teacher, I love it too… easy to prepare, fun to use with the children, all the work is done with the photos!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “These are perfect! I love the real photos. They are just the right size. I have them placed at my student’s level so they are perfect resources for my kindergarteners!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “With wearing masks, my students needed to see how their mouths should form the letter sounds. This is the resource I chose and I am so happy with it! My students are making good progress with their letter sounds. These hang proudly right with my alphabet. I especially like the real photographs used to make them!”

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