40 Pages - CVC Words Activity Book. Short Vowel Phonics, Reading & Word Families. Ages 5–7.

Make learning to read fun and engaging with this CVC Words Worksheets and Phonics Workbook.

Designed for kindergarten and beginning readers, this printable resource helps children build essential phonics skills through simple, engaging, and hands-on activities.

Students will practice identifying beginning, middle, and ending sounds, blending three-letter words, recognizing word families, matching pictures to words, and reading simple CVC sentences.

With adorable illustrations, large child-friendly lettering, and a variety of interactive activities, this workbook makes early reading practice enjoyable and accessible.

What's Included

This CVC phonics workbook features a variety of activities to help young learners develop reading confidence and foundational literacy skills.

• Meet the CVC Words: Read, trace, build, and write familiar words such as cat, dog, sun, pig, hen, bed, cup, and fox.
• Missing Letter Activities: Identify and write beginning sounds, middle vowels, and ending sounds.
• Build the Word: Use shuffled letter tiles to build simple three-letter words.
• Picture and Word Matching: Match CVC words to their corresponding illustrations.
• Short Vowel Word Searches: Find and circle CVC words featuring short A and short I sounds.
• Word Family Sorting: Practice identifying and sorting rhyming words from the -AT, -IG, -OG, -UN, and other word families.
• Rhyming Activities: Identify rhyming pairs and find words that do not belong.
• Beginning Sound Matching: Connect pictures to their correct initial sounds.
• Read and Color: Read simple CVC words and color the matching pictures.
• Look, Read, and Tick: Identify the correct word for each picture.
• CVC Sentence Matching: Read short sentences and match them to the correct illustrations.
• Read and Complete the Sentence: Choose the correct CVC word to complete a simple sentence.
• Picture-to-Word Writing: Look at familiar pictures and independently write their CVC names.
• Read and Draw: Read a CVC word and draw its matching picture.
• CVC Word Maze and Review Challenge: Reinforce early reading skills through engaging review activities.
• Celebration Page: Celebrate completing the workbook with an "I CAN READ CVC WORDS" certificate.

Skills Covered

This resource supports:

•  Letter-sound recognition and phonemic awareness
•  Short vowel recognition (A, E, I, O, U)
•  CVC word blending and decoding
•  Beginning, middle, and ending sound identification
•  Word family recognition and rhyming
•  Reading simple sentences
•  Spelling, handwriting, and independent word writing
•  Vocabulary development and reading comprehension

Perfect For

Kindergarten phonics lessons, preschool reading readiness, first-grade reading intervention, homeschool learning, literacy centers, morning work, small-group instruction, independent practice, and additional reading support.

 Why Teachers and Parents Will Love It

✔ Black-and-white worksheets for easy, ink-friendly printing.

✔ Clear instructions and large, child-friendly illustrations.

✔ A variety of activities to reinforce phonics and early reading skills.

✔ Name and Grade spaces for easy student identification.

✔ Suitable for classroom instruction, homeschool lessons, literacy centers, and independent practice.

✔ A combination of tracing, writing, reading, matching, sorting, and coloring activities to keep young learners engaged.

Give Your Little Learners a Strong Start in Reading

Help children develop confidence as they progress from recognizing letter sounds to reading CVC words and simple sentences.

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