Alphabet Charts - Free A-Z Letter Posters with Picture Support

This free set of alphabet charts includes full-color A–Z posters featuring both capital and lowercase letters with clear picture cues to support letter-sound connections. These charts are perfect for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten classrooms and can be used in a variety of ways—hung on the wall, placed in writing folders, or used as individual student tools.

The clean, easy-to-read layout helps young learners connect each letter to its corresponding sound and image, reinforcing early phonics skills. Whether used during whole-group instruction, literacy centers, or independent writing time, these charts offer essential alphabet support in a friendly, visual format.

⚠️ When teaching letter sounds, each picture on an alphabet chart must represent the most consistent and pure sound for that letter. For the letter E, we use edge because it begins with the short /e/ sound, which students need to master for words like bed and pen. We do not use ear because it’s r-controlled (/ēr/), eagle because it begins with a long e sound (/ē/), earth because it’s also r-controlled (/ər/), and elephant because the initial sound blends with a strong /l/ glide rather than a clean short /e/ sound. We also avoid using eggs for /e/ because in some dialects, it’s pronounced “ayggs” with a long a glide, which doesn’t provide a pure short /e/ sound.

For the letter I, we use itch because it begins with the short /i/ sound (/ĭ/). We do not use ice cream because it begins with the long i sound (/ī/), and we avoid igloo because in many dialects it’s pronounced with a long e (/ēg-loo/) instead of the short /i/.

For the letter X, we use box because it clearly represents the /ks/ sound, which is the most common sound for x at the end of words. We do not use xylophone because it starts with a /z/ sound, and we avoid x-ray because it emphasizes the letter name, not the sound.

These choices are intentional. We are striving to present the most phonetically pure, consistent, and accessible sounds for all learners, regardless of dialect or regional accent. This ensures that when students learn each sound, they can transfer that knowledge directly into decoding and spelling without confusion or exceptions.

Aa - apple
Bb - bear
Cc - cat
Dd - duck
Ee - edge
Ff - fish
Gg - goat
Hh - hammer
Ii - itch
Jj - juggle
Kk - key
Ll - lion
Mm - monkey
Nn - nest
Oo - octopus
Pp - pig
Qq - queen
Rr - rainbow
Ss - sun
Tt - turtle
Uu - up
Vv - violin
Ww - wave
Xx - box
Yy - yarn
Zz - zebra

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