Beginning Sounds worksheet for children to identify and write the initial letter sound of each picture word.

Explanation:
We need to write the beginning sound (the first letter of the word) for each picture. Let’s go through each picture one by one and say the word out loud to find its first sound:

1. Kite → starts with k
2. Pizza → starts with p
3. Lion → starts with l
4. Quarter (coin) → starts with q
5. Mouse → starts with m
6. Rainbow → starts with r
7. Nest (with bird) → starts with n
8. Sun → starts with s
9. Octopus → starts with o
10. Turtle → starts with t

Let’s double-check:
- Kite → k ✔️
- Pizza → p ✔️
- Lion → l ✔️
- Quarter → q ✔️ (Yes, even though it’s silent in pronunciation, we write the *spelling* beginning sound — but wait! In early phonics, they usually focus on the *sound*, not spelling. Let’s reconsider.)

Important: This is a beginning *sound* worksheet — not beginning *letter*. So we care about the first sound you hear, not the first letter.

Let’s re-evaluate using sounds (phonemes):

1. Kite → /k/ → k
2. Pizza → /p/ → p
3. Lion → /l/ → l
4. Quarter → /kw/ or /k/ — but in early grades, they often treat “qu” as making a /k/ sound, and many worksheets accept q as the answer since it's the first letter and represents that sound. However, strictly by sound, the first *sound* is /k/ — but most such worksheets expect the letter that *starts* the word (especially for young learners). Looking at the context (simple pictures, K–1 level), they want the first letter of the word, because:
- “Octopus” → o (not /ɒ/ vs /ɑ/ — just ‘o’)
- “Nest” → n
- All others match first letter = first sound.

Let’s confirm common usage in such worksheets (e.g., KidPID.com style): They use the first letter of the word, assuming the word is spelled normally and the initial sound matches the letter.

So:
- Kite → k
- Pizza → p
- Lion → l
- Quarter → q (yes, standard in these worksheets)
- Mouse → m
- Rainbow → r
- Nest → n
- Sun → s
- Octopus → o
- Turtle → t

All are single lowercase letters (though case isn’t specified, worksheets like this usually accept lowercase).

Final Answer:
k, p, l, q, m, r, n, s, o, t