Support early readers with our fun and engaging Count & Colour: CVC Words Worksheets! These interactive activities help students build foundational phonics and decoding skills through visual matching, word recognition, and counting practice.

Each worksheet features a collection of simple CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words alongside related images. Students search for the pictures that match each word, colour them in, and record how many they find. This multi-step process encourages careful observation and reinforces early literacy through repeated exposure to familiar word patterns.

Designed for independent, small group, or teacher-guided use, these worksheets offer a great way to consolidate phonemic awareness, reading fluency, and word-picture connections. Whether used during literacy rotations, early finisher tasks, or phonics mini-lessons, these worksheets will quickly become a classroom favourite.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Decode and read common CVC words using phonics strategies
• ✅ Match words to images with accuracy
• ✅ Build fluency and confidence with early word recognition
• ✅ Strengthen one-to-one correspondence and visual discrimination
• ✅ Engage in literacy through a hands-on, count-and-colour format

What’s Included:

• Multiple CVC word worksheets featuring different word families
• Picture keys with matching image sets for students to find
• Spaces for students to record totals for each image
• Clear formatting to support independent or guided learning

Materials Needed:

• Printed worksheets (one per student)
• Pencils or crayons for colouring and recording numbers
• Optional: write-and-wipe sleeves for reusability with dry erase markers
• Magnetic letters or letter tiles for extension activities

How to Use:

1. Provide each student with a worksheet and colouring tools.
2. Students read the list of CVC words provided in the key.
3. They then find and colour each image that matches a word from the key.
4. Students count how many of each image they found and write the number in the space provided.
5. Continue until all images have been found, coloured, and counted.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use during literacy rotations for independent or small group phonics work
• 💡 Pair with a phonics mini-lesson to reinforce word families or short vowel sounds
• 💡 Include as part of a phonics-themed display or portfolio sample
• 💡 Use as an assessment tool to observe decoding and word-picture matching
• 💡 Project one worksheet to model the process with your whole class before independent work

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Laminate the worksheets or use plastic sleeves for repeated practice
• 💛 Encourage students to say each word aloud before colouring to build phonemic awareness
• 💛 Model the steps with one image and word set before students begin on their own
• 💛 Differentiate by selecting worksheets with familiar or target word families

Count & Colour: CVC Words Worksheets are a fantastic way to make early phonics practice visual, interactive, and meaningful for young learners.

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