Z sounds like C, as in "la cebra"

Be careful with the letter "Z" in Spanish.  It appears from time to time, but it is not a common letter at all.  You can't assume that just because a word in English has the letter Z in it that the same word in Spanish will too.  That's why we're learning la cebra as our warning icon for the letter Z, just like we had an animal starting with B as our warning icon for the letter V.  Thank you John for this picture.  Instead of giving this animal a necklace to remind us that it is feminine, John colored la cebra purple to let us know it's a girl.  Also, the fact that it ends in an "A" sound is a big clue too.