Van Flashcard — Letter V for Preschoolers
Vv beside a white van — /v/ is the buzzing twin of /f/, teeth on lip with the voice on, and van is the v-word children can drive around the carpet.
How this card helps
Vv beside the van teaches the voiced lip-teeth sound — and driving the van around the room gives the sound a motion to ride on.
How to use this card
Drive the van: steer an invisible wheel, beep the horn once per v-word — van, vet, violin, vegetable. Left turns require a v-word too.
What kids learn from it
That Vv is the buzzing teeth-lip sound of van and violin — the loud twin of f, and one of the sounds English borrows proudly.
Print it like this
Print landscape on A4 or Letter at 100%; the Vv card keeps its full 2000×1414 frame and the white van prints cleanly even in grayscale.
How to teach with this card
Say f-v-f-v in one breath — feeling the voice switch on and off is faster than any explanation of “voiced” and “voiceless”.
Letter sound
V makes the /v/ sound — top teeth on the bottom lip with the voice buzzing: van, vet, violin, five.
Teach it, step by step
Want the full walkthrough? Open the Van lesson on the Learning Path.
From the Phonics & Beginning Sounds (Class 28) class on the Learning Path.
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