Sinhala Letters & Words

Sinhala Letter and Word Picture Cards

Age group

KG 2, KG 3, Grade 1, Grade 2

Type

Flash cards

Format

Printable A4 PDF, 11 pages

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Printable flash cards with one simple, familiar word for each Sinhala letter. Parents asked us for a word list that young children actually know, so every word comes from home, food, family or animals.

What's inside

• 33 cards: all 14 vowels and 19 everyday consonants, four cards to an A4 page
• Each card shows the letter in colour, a picture, the Sinhala word and its English meaning
• Dashed lines to cut along; print on thick paper or glue onto card
• Blank cards so you can add your child's own words, such as names of family members

One word for every letter

Skills your child practises

• Letter-sound matching
• Sinhala vocabulary
• Early reading
• Memory

How to use it at home

• Print on thick paper or glue onto old cereal boxes so the cards last longer.
• Play a matching game: lay out letter cards and picture cards and ask your child to pair them.
• Hide a few cards around the room and ask your child to find the card that starts with a sound you say.
• Add two or three new cards a week instead of all of them at once.

Printing tips

• Print on A4 paper at 100% (actual size), not 'fit to page'.
• Black-and-white printing is fine; children will add the colour.
• Slip pages into a plastic sleeve and use a whiteboard marker to reuse them many times.