Support your early readers with our engaging Find & Colour: CVC Words Worksheets! These worksheets provide a fun and meaningful way for students to practise decoding and recognising consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words. By searching for and colouring matching images, students reinforce their phonemic awareness, build confidence with simple words, and strengthen their early literacy foundations.

Each worksheet presents a selection of common CVC words with a focus medial sound in a clear key format, paired with a busy picture scene filled with matching images. Students must locate and colour the pictures that correspond with each word - encouraging focused scanning, sound-to-picture matching, and phonics-based thinking. This activity format supports a variety of learners and can be used independently, in small groups, or as part of your literacy rotations.

Find & Colour: CVC Words Worksheets are ideal for Early Years to Year 1 students who are beginning to read independently and apply phonics strategies. The hands-on nature of the task keeps learners engaged while promoting decoding, vocabulary development, and visual discrimination - all essential early reading skills. These worksheets are also perfect for intervention sessions or take-home phonics practise.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Identify and decode simple consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words
• ✅ Strengthen phonemic awareness and sound-to-picture matching
• ✅ Improve word recognition and early reading fluency
• ✅ Develop scanning and visual processing skills
• ✅ Build confidence through independent phonics-based activities

What’s Included:

• Multiple worksheets each focused on a set of simple CVC words with a different medial sound
• Word key and matching image scenes for each activity
• Student-friendly layout for visual clarity and ease of use

Materials Needed:

• Printed worksheets (paper or card)
• Coloured pencils, crayons or markers
• Optional: write-and-wipe sleeves for repeated use

How to Use:

1. Introduce or review the CVC words listed on the worksheet with your students.
2. Guide students to sound out each word and say it aloud to support phonemic awareness.
3. Students search the picture scene for images that match each word.
4. They colour each correct image and continue until all matches are found.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use as part of your literacy centre rotations or phonics practice station
• 💡 Pair with magnetic letters or whiteboards for word-building follow-up
• 💡 Provide sentence starters for students to extend learning through writing
• 💡 Laminate and use with dry erase markers for repeated small group use
• 💡 Assign as a take-home activity to reinforce classroom phonics learning

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Model one example using think-aloud strategies to support emerging readers
• 💛 Encourage students to highlight or tick off each word in the key as they find it
• 💛 Use differentiated worksheets by selecting simpler or more complex sets based on ability
• 💛 Keep a CVC word wall in the classroom to support spelling and vocabulary recognition

Find & Colour: CVC Words Worksheets are a fun, phonics-based way to build foundational reading skills - perfect for literacy rotations, independent work and small group instruction.