How to use these CVC worksheets
CVC words are three-letter words a child can sound out: consonant, vowel, consonant — *c-a-t, cat*. Do one page a day, five to ten minutes, sitting next to your child, and go in order: the pages start with short *a* and end with all five vowels mixed.
- **Word builders:** say each sound, then slide them together to read the word
- **Reading pages:** blend the sounds and read each word aloud
- **Word families:** words that end the same, like *hat, mat, sat*
- **Word hunt:** find and circle every word with the vowel of the day
- **Mixed reading:** all five vowels together, once each one is easy
- **Activities:** match the picture, color the word, fill in the missing letter
Before you start
Your child is ready for these pages when they know the sounds of most letters — not only their names. If *m* makes them say /m/, they are ready. If not, a few more weeks of letter sounds will make CVC words much easier.
Tips for blending
- Say sounds without an extra "uh": /m/, not "muh"; /t/, not "tuh". *Cuh-a-tuh* does not sound like *cat*.
- Tap one finger for each sound, then sweep your hand under the word and say it smoothly.
- Stay with one vowel until those words are easy before mixing them.
- Change one letter at a time — *cat, hat, hot, hop* — so your child looks at every letter.
Every CVC word, by vowel
Our article CVC Words: The Complete List lists more than 150 CVC words by short vowel and word family, with six no-prep activities to practice them.
US Letter or A4
The download comes in both sizes: US Letter for the United States and Canada, A4 for the UK, Europe, Australia and most other countries.
Want the whole phonics course?
These pages come straight from our Phonics Fun Workbook: 149 pages from letter sounds through every short vowel, word families, blends, digraphs and the magic e, with 48 sight words — up to a first story your child can read alone.
