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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I think it helps to be really clear about what skill kids should have, and what skill kids are currently lacking.

It might not be correct to say your child can't tell what sound a word starts with.   It might be that she cannot yet segment (or separate) one sound from another.

Try this:

Teach her to play a game, where you will say the first sound of a word three times.   So you say m..m..m.. monkey and p..p..p.. pig, etc.   PUt out all the animal pictures and you say the initial sound three times, followed by the word.  Have her repeat after you.

Next ask her to do thumbs up if it is right, thumbs down if it is wrong.   Touch the picture of the pig and say "m... m...m... mig"  Is that right?   Hopefully she'll laugh and say "no... it is p.. p.. p.. pig."   If not, try other sounds.  "f..f..f..fig?" etc.

This is building up to the end result, which is you touch a picture, and she says the sound three times and then the word..... eventually you touch the picture and she just says the first sound.

This is a skill that many K children do have.   I wouldn't be concerned but I would try to help her be able to do it.   If it is very frustrating, she might just not be neurologically ready to segment initial sound from the rest of the word.   If so, work with rhymes etc won't help her.[/quote]

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