• Kindergarten
  • Reading & Phonics
  • About 10 minutes

Missing Letter Train

Say the ABCs along the train. Which letter is missing? Write it in the empty car!

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How to do it

  1. Say the letters on the train.
  2. Find the empty car.
  3. Write the missing letter.

Teaching tip

Sing the ABC song and point to each car as you go. This sheet is aligned with Common Core RF.K.3a.

Missing Letter Train worksheet for kindergarten phonics (letter names and sounds), free printable
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About this worksheet

Alphabet trains with a letter or two missing to write in.

What kids practice

Kindergartners learn the name of every letter and the sound it makes. Knowing letter sounds is the key that unlocks reading, because kids can then sound out words like c-a-t. Letter sounds are the building blocks of phonics.

Watch for

  • Adding "uh" to sounds, like "buh" or "tuh," which makes blending harder later.
  • Mixing up b and d, or p and q.
  • Thinking c and k make different sounds. They both say /k/ in cat and kite.

It's free to print, with Fewer, Standard or More on the page and an answer key. See the full letter names and sounds phonics guide for kindergarten.

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