Lion Flashcard — Letter L for Preschoolers
Ll beside a golden lion with a great dark mane — /l/ is the singing tongue-tip sound, and the lion’s mane curls exactly like a lowercase l, which is a lesson all by itself.
How this card helps
Ll beside the lion pairs the letter with the lifting tongue — and the lion’s mane echoing the lowercase l gives children a picture-memory of the shape itself.
How to use this card
Roar and lift: one gentle roar per l-word — lion, lip, leg, love — with the tongue tip visibly up at every roar. Silly, loud, effective.
What kids learn from it
That Ll is the tongue-tip singing sound of lion and love — and that the lowercase l curls like the lion’s mane, so the shape has a story.
Print it like this
Print landscape on A4 or Letter at 100%; the Ll card keeps its full 2000×1414 frame and the golden mane survives every printer.
How to teach with this card
Hold the sound: /l/ can sing as long as there is breath — l-l-l-l-lion. Long sounds teach the mouth shape better than short bursts.
Letter sound
L makes the /l/ sound — tongue tip up behind the top teeth, voice on, air flowing around the sides: lion, lip, leg, love.
Teach it, step by step
Want the full walkthrough? Open the Lion lesson on the Learning Path.
From the Phonics & Beginning Sounds (Class 28) class on the Learning Path.
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