Ready to make phonics practice actually fun for your students?
These CVC Word Search Worksheets are designed to help young learners build key reading skills—like identifying beginning, middle, and ending sounds—through hands-on word searches and picture-based activities they’ll love.
Perfect for Pre-K, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade classrooms, these printables are a low-prep way to reinforce phonemic awareness and early decoding.
💡 Why This Works:
These worksheets hit that sweet spot: easy for you, engaging for them.
Students practice isolating sounds, building vocabulary, and reading simple words—all while solving a puzzle. (Win-win!)
🧩 Use These For:
- Literacy centers
- Small group word work
- Sub plans or homework
- Early finishers
- Reading intervention (hello, RTI!)
What educators are saying
"Awesome packet to work on in small groups when working on segmenting sounds." - Christina M.
"My students loved this activity! It was well made and easy to use! It was well made and very engaging for the students and developed for the grade and fit perfectly in my classroom." - Abigail M.
"I teach PreK and about half of my class is on the cusp of reading. I have been holding them back and going slow however this resource came in handy in giving them some support in their learning journey." - MAURICA H.
"Great addition to my SOR (Science of Reading) and literacy resources. Can be used individually as part of a center or as a small group at teacher table. Good variety of skills." - Gail Y.
Grab It Now & Save Your Planning Time!
These CVC worksheets are no-prep, super fun, and loved by thousands of early educators. Perfect if you're building a strong reading foundation in your classroom (without boring drills). Grab them now and start the phonics fun today!
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What CVC words are practiced:
SHORT A WORDS
- AT words: cat, rat, mat, bat, hat, fat, sat, bat
- AM words: jam, ram, ham, dam, mam, yam
- AN words: man, van, pan, ran, can, fan, tan
- AP words: tap, cap, sap, map, lap, nap, gap
- AB words: cab, tab, lab, dab
- AD words: dad, sad, mad, bad
- AG words: wag, tag, rag, bag, sag, hag
SHORT E WORDS
- ET words: vet, jet, pet, net, met, wet, set
- EN words: ten, den, hen, pen
- ED words: red, bed, fed, wed
- EG words: leg, keg, beg, peg
SHORT I WORDS
- IN words: pin, fin, tin, bin, win, kin
- IT words: hit, sit, kit, bit, pit, fit, pit, lit
- IP words: lip, hip, sip, dip, tip, rip, zip
- IG words: wig, pig, dig, rig, fig, big
- Misc I words: bib, lid
SHORT O WORDS
- OG words: dog, log, hog, fog, jog, cog
- OT words: dot, rot, hot, pot, tot, jot, cot, lot
- OP words: cop, pop, hop, mop, pop, top
- Misc O words: rob, sob, cob, rod, pod, cod
SHORT U WORDS
- UG words: bug, mug, jug, rug, hug, tug, dug, pug
- UB words: tub, cub, sub, rub
- UN words: sun, gun, bun, nun, fun, run
- Misc U words: mud, bud, cup, pup, hut, nut, cut, gum, mum, bus
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