Hi friends :)
W had been making lots of progress on reading and we have been working on CVC words since November of last year. I thought I’d share some of the fun ways we are learning them. She is eager to read for herself but we like to keep things relaxed and fun since she is only 4.5 years. It’s been going beautifully steady so far – no pressure, just small progressive steps and practice.
Before you start with CVC words, you’ll want your child to master their letter sounds. I wrote more about how we did that HERE.
If your child knows their letter sounds and is ready to start sounding out CVC words, then I hope these fun ideas help.
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1. Word family wheels – I found these for $6 and cannot believe how much my daughter took to them. She LOVES spinning them and has learned most CVC words through playing with them. She’ll grab one and ask me to sit on couch with her so she can read to me. It’s so so cool. Proud mom.
2. BOB books – We have the beginner set and these were the first books she officially read herself (Mat and Sam). She was SO proud (as she should be) and it has boosted her confidence.
3. Boggle Jr. – Boggle is one of my favorites so we invested in the Junior version and it’s a fun and tactile way to explore spelling and reading.
4. Loose Letters and Play-Doh – I will set up a CVC word with loose letters and place a ball of Play-doh under each letter. I ask her to make the letter sound and press the Play-Doh “button” as she makes each sound. I did this a lot in the beginning when she was learning to sound things out separately before blending. She loved it.
5. Bananagrams – We do not play in the traditional sense but it is fine to mess around with the tiles. We use them when working on word families and rhyming because it is easy to move tiles around/replace/swap/etc.
6. 3-Part Word Puzzles – Both of my girls love puzzles so these were a no-brainer to have.
7. Read, Build, Write sheet – I printed and laminated a read-build-write sheet from Silo and Sage. I have a set of CVC word flash cards and will pull one out randomly (or let her choose). She will build with our loose letters and then write it with a dry-erase marker. Spelling, reading, AND handwriting all in one. We never do more than 1-3 a day at this point.
