Pig Flashcard — Letter P for Preschoolers
Pp beside a smiling pink pig — /p/ is the puff twin of /b/, and pig is the p-word with the best snout: children snort first and say the sound second.
How this card helps
Pp beside the pig pairs the letter with the puff — and because /p/ is invisible inside the mouth, the tissue and mirror games do the teaching.
How to use this card
Snort-and-say: snort like a pig, then say a p-word — pig, pop, pink, park. Snort first, word second; the silliness carries the drilling.
What kids learn from it
That Pp is the puff sound of pig and pop — and that p and b are lip twins, which is a fact worth knowing the day spelling gets tricky.
Print it like this
Print landscape on A4 or Letter at 100%; the Pp card keeps its full 2000×1414 frame and the pink prints softly at low ink.
How to teach with this card
Exaggerate the puff — p-p-pig with a visible air-blast is far easier to copy than a careful quiet p.
Letter sound
P makes the /p/ sound — lips pressed together, then a little puff of air with no voice: pig, pop, park, pink.
Teach it, step by step
Want the full walkthrough? Open the Pig lesson on the Learning Path.
From the Phonics & Beginning Sounds (Class 28) class on the Learning Path.
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