CVC words are commonly the first words young children learn to read for themselves! These CVC Words Beginning Sounds Clip Cards self-checking beginning sound clip cards give them practice with 36 CVC words. This makes them very useful to Kindergarteners and Pre-K kids.

FREE CVC Beginning Sounds Clip Cards are such a fun way for kids in preschool, prek, kindergarten, and first grade learn to read themselves (reading, homeschool)

CVC Words Beginning Sounds Clip Cards

These free printable CVC Words Beginning Sounds Clip Cards are a fun way for kids to practice identifying the sound at the beginning of all these simple words.

What words are included?

pot, cot, hot
rat, cat, bat
bed, fed, wed
pin, tin, win
sun, bun, fun
ham, ram, jam
ten, pen, hen
big, dig, pig
mop, pop, hop
rub, cub, tub
sad, mad, pad
fit, hit, sit

How to Prepare

Download the cards below. Print off the color or black and white pages onto card and cut along the dotted lines. Fold on the gray lines to create 2-sided cards. Glue the backs together or laminate. Grab some pegs so they’re ready to use!

Using these beginning sound clip cards

Children look at the main picture and the two letters underneath.
Say those sounds (for eg ‘ad’) and then say it again, adding the sound in the first square to the beginning. What is that word? Does it match the picture?
Try putting the next two letters in front. What words do they make?
Clip a peg to the letter that makes the word match the picture.
Turn the card over to self-check the answer and to check if you read the other words correctly, too!

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