Xylophone Flashcard — Letter X for Preschoolers
Xx beside a rainbow xylophone — the honest card of the set: here x sounds like /z/ at the start of xylophone, while x’s usual job is the /ks/ at the end of box and fox.
How this card helps
Xx beside the xylophone opens the truth about x — a letter with two jobs — and the rainbow bars make the strangest letter the prettiest card.
How to use this card
Box-the-sound: make a box with your arms on every /ks/ ending — box! fox! six! — then play one pretend xylophone note for the /z/ exception.
What kids learn from it
That x mostly says /ks/ at the end of words, and that letters can have rare second jobs — xylophone being the most famous one in English.
Print it like this
Print landscape on A4 or Letter at 100%; the Xx card keeps its full 2000×1414 frame and the rainbow bars print as the set’s brightest page.
How to teach with this card
Say “x is a finisher” — it loves the end of words (box, six). Starting words is its rare gig, and xylophone got the gig.
Letter sound
X has two jobs. At the end of words it says /ks/ — box, fox, six. On this card, at the start of xylophone, it borrows /z/. Both are true; both are x.
Teach it, step by step
Want the full walkthrough? Open the Xylophone lesson on the Learning Path.
From the Phonics & Beginning Sounds (Class 28) class on the Learning Path.
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