Whale Flashcard — Letter W for Preschoolers
Ww beside a blue whale with a spout — /w/ rounds the lips into a tiny circle and slides open, and the whale’s spout draws the sound’s shape in the air.
How this card helps
Ww beside the whale anchors the lip-glide — and the spout gives the sound an up-and-out motion that children can act while saying it.
How to use this card
Whale spout race: crouch, rise slowly with hands as a spout, whoosh at the top and land on a w-word — whale, wave, water, wonderful.
What kids learn from it
That Ww is the rounded glide of whale and water — a sound that moves, which is why it pairs so well with water words.
Print it like this
Print landscape on A4 or Letter at 100% — the Ww card keeps its full 2000×1414 frame, and the deep blues print beautifully in colour.
How to teach with this card
Start from “oo” (as in moon) and open quickly — oo-uuh becomes wuh. The glide from oo is the whole secret of w.
Letter sound
W makes the /w/ sound — lips rounded small then gliding open with the voice on: whale, water, wave, wind.
Teach it, step by step
Want the full walkthrough? Open the Whale lesson on the Learning Path.
From the Phonics & Beginning Sounds (Class 28) class on the Learning Path.
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