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<\/div>\nThe Duck and Swan ABC Sorting Printables are a great addition to the pond printables<\/a> on the site.<\/p>\n The Duck and Swan ABC Sorting Printable is part of my subscriber library. You can subscribe to the newsletter<\/a> and get access to the password there. You will find it in the nursery rhyme\/ folk tale section on the subscriber freebie page. <\/p>\n Alphabet matching is where you are matching uppercase and lowercase letters or matching letters with pictures that start with the same beginning letter or sound.<\/p>\n The duck and swan ABC matching printable is a beginning sound printable with uppercase and lowercase letters that match a picture that has the same beginning sound.<\/p>\n This is a great way to work on beginning sounds with uppercase and lowercase letters. Each page in the letter matching printable has two letters on it.<\/p>\n A great printable for kids in prek (ages 4 to 5) and kindergarten (ages 5 to 6).<\/p>\n The ponds have a picture that kids will match with the letters. Each pond has only one image. And there are 26 images for all the letters of the alphabet.<\/p>\n You have a swan with the uppercase letter and a duck with the lowercase letters. The letters are at the top of the cards and easy for kids to see.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you purchase via the links we may earn a small commission<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n You are going to see a few ways se used these fun Ugly Duckling themes ABC matching printables for learning centers.<\/p>\n The Ugly Duckling letter matching printable is a great one to print on cardstock<\/a> and laminate<\/a>. This helps the cards stand up to repeated use in learning centers.<\/p>\n If you are going to use them one time or for a limited time then just print them on cardstock<\/a>.<\/p>\n You can see a simple set up below. You have the ponds with the pictures. Then on the side you have the letters you are going to match to the ponds. You can start with all the letters or just one letter case as well.<\/p>\n You want to make sure to use beginning letter sounds you are currently working on or reviewing.<\/p>\n You can have kids work on sorting both letters to the picture with the beginning sound that matches the picture. You can see that we put the letters below the picture. You can do that to keep it clean and easy to see.<\/p>\n You can also have them put the pictures on the pond as well. You can do which works best for the kids learning style.<\/p>\n After you match the letters you can do this Swan ABC Tracing pages<\/a>!<\/p>\n Because you have two sets of letters you can do uppercase letter sorting only. You can see below we have just use the uppercase letters with the swan. It is a great way to focus on one letter at a time. And lots of learning systems start with uppercase or lowercase letters for kids.<\/p>\n You can see that we did lowercase only here. It works the same as uppercase above. It is great when you have a focus of one letter case. And you can always change this up. And you might want to use the letters you are learning to start.<\/p>\n The letter cards are also great for working on alphabetical order. It is fun when you are use the cards for more than one thing. And you can see we did the lowercase letters below, but you could do uppercase as well.<\/p>\n Of for a fun challenge mix up the uppercase and lowercase letters for kids to put them in order.<\/p>\n You can have some fun and review letters afterwards with the pond alphabet letter finds<\/a>. This lets you trace the letter and then find the letter on the lily pads. <\/p>\n Uppercase and lowercase themed ABC Letter Finds for kids to work on their letters. You can trace the letter then dot or color the lily pad.<\/p>\n Click here to buy your copy of the Pond ABC Find at Teachers Pay Teachers.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/strong>\n<\/div>\n Click here to buy your copy of the Pond ABC Find at Teachers Pay Teachers.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/strong>\n<\/div>\n Click here to buy your copy of the Pond Find Bundle at Teachers Pay Teachers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n If you want to check out a free sample of this you can go here to check out<\/a> a sample of the pages.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Pond ABC Letter Find<\/a> has uppercase letters and lowercase letters for kids to trace and find. A great way to work on letter handwriting and then finding the letter mixed with other letters.<\/p>\n Pond ABC Count & Color<\/a> has 26 uppercase letters of the alphabet for kids to color and count. There are four letters on each page. It is great printable for Prek and Kindergarten.<\/p>\n Frog Prince ABC Matching Printable<\/a> is a fun matching with letters and beginning sounds that kids can work on just letters or matching letters and sound.<\/p>\n Ugly Duckling Easy Reader Book With Tracing<\/a> is a fun 8 page book with tracing the words from the story of the Ugly Duckling. A fun way to work on handwriting and reading.<\/p>\n Ugly Duckling Ten Frame Addition Printables<\/a> has two sets of ten frame addition cards. You have filled out for the equation and partially filled out. A fun way to work on addition. Plus there is a recording sheet.<\/p>\n Check out all the fun Pond & Frog Activities & Printables <\/a> on 3 Dinosaurs.<\/p>\nWhat is Alphabet Matching?<\/h2>\n
Duck and Swan ABC sorting Printable With Beginning Sounds & Letter Matching<\/h2>\n
Pond with Picture<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>\nSwans & Ducks with Uppercase and Lowercase Letters<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>\nThings to use with the Duck and Swan ABC Sorting Printable<\/h2>\n
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Ways to Use the Duck and Swan ABC Sorting Printable<\/h2>\n
Preparing the Ugly Ducking ABC Matching Printable<\/h3>\n
Setting up a Swan and Duck ABC Matching Center<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>\nMatching Both letters and Picture<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>\nMatching Uppercase Letters Only<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>\nMatching Lowercase Letters Only<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>\nPutting Letters in Alphabetical Order<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>\nMore Pond Themed Letter Printables<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\n<\/div>\nPond ABC Letter Find<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\n<\/div>\nWhat you will find in the Pond ABC Letter Find:<\/h3>\n
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What you will find in the Free Duck and Swan ABC Sorting Printable – For the Ugly Duckling<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\nMore Pond Printables For Kids<\/h2>\n
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