What are the words or objects that start with a sound?

Things have names because we say them aloud. Ball starts with buh. Baby starts with buh. Cup and car start with kuh.

Words and object names have a first sound. To find things that start with a sound, say the word slowly and listen to the beginning, like taking the first step in a line. The “buh” sound starts ball, book, bed, and banana. The “mmm” sound starts moon, milk, and mitten.

A word starts with a sound because we say its sounds in order, from first to last. The first sound is called the beginning sound. In phonics, one tiny speech sound is called a phoneme. For the sound /b/, objects include ball, book, bike, and banana. For /s/, try sun, sock, spoon, and snake. Fun fact: xylophone starts with the sound /z/, even though it begins with the letter x.