Description
Product Description
What’s in the box?
- CVC word flashcard x 50
- Wooden letter pencil x 23
- Wooden letter tray x 2
- Draw-string bag x 1
Blending and segmenting
These two skills are what they will need as they progress with more complex words and patterns.
Why Teaching CVC Words?
Why do some kids have difficulty blending sounds into words?
Kids who have difficulties blending phonemes (sounds) into words lack phonemic awareness skills.
Blending words
Blending also requires a child to hold the individual sounds in their mind as the word creates. Teaching students how to read CVC words introduces blending and segmenting with letters.
Fun And Engaging CVC Words Learning Tool
This is a great tool for beginning readers, and it feels more like a game for them, so it makes it fun!
There’s a lot packed into this box, including 50 picture cards with the words on the back (they are
color-coded by the vowels), 2 wooden letter holders, and 23 wooden pencil letters(2 letters per pencil).
The letters pencils are of good size, with letters in readable font. And the letter holder holds the
letters pretty well. They are thick and sturdy, the CVC flash cards are heavy-duty, and the pencil
letters are durable-wood. There’s also a bag to put everything into once the box is opened. Keeping
CVC words learning easy on the go! This will be a perfect tool as you teach kids sounds while
working towards early literacy.
Building Early Literacy
Teaching CVC words are essential for early reading and writing skills. CVC words are phonetic,
making them easier for children to learn. Manipulating with the CVC words game introduces
students to the magic of transforming simple sounds into words and is an integral part of any
pre-reading program.While learning how to read CVC words, inserting the pencil tiles into the
wooden letter tray is a fine-motor training as well as a perfect practice for hand-eye coordination
and color perception.Teaching CVC words is the easiest way to begin teaching your child to read.
Since the words follow phonics rules, as long as your kids have a strong phonemic
awareness (understanding that each letter makes a sound). They can read!
Fiddlesticks! –
I’m an elementary teacher with many years of teaching. My ADHD granddaughter will be tutored this summer by me. She loves this activity. I have her in CVC word books and have her spell words that she’ll encounter BEFORE she reads.This game has a good assortment of CVC words for each short vowel and not words that almost fit the pattern (buy, for, key, etc.)I plan on creating more cards that add two consonants later (led…sled, rag…drag.) This could be used later to learn to spell two or three letter Dolch words. I just wish there are more pencils instead of reusing the backs of the game pieces. Another improvement – add another pencil holder for the five vowels. It’s great for tutoring, centers or aides with very small groups.I couldn’t locate my granddaughter the others day. I found her using the cards, spelling, then checking with the “spell check” on the back. She loves the tactile spelling with immediate reward. I’m glad I bought it!
Mary F –
This is a great combination of the two loves of my preschool granddaughter, puzzles and letters. She spends hours playing with this. Glad I found it!
Sharon –
This has been a great small group activity. Also wonderful for review and reinforcement of short vowels and cvc words.
James Laue –
My son learned to spell something new words in one day
Pc671 –
Used to introduce spelling to my granddaughter through play based learning. Liked the vibrant colors and letters. Chunky pieces were helpful for little hands. Neatly stores away too. Would recommend for introducing letter association while having some fun!
Quinn –
My 4 year old is learning to read. I thought this would be a great toy for her to learn. She’s a bit more advanced with her reading than I expected so this won’t help her learn as she is already able to read and spell all of the words on the cards independently.While it won’t help us for its intended purpose currently (I also have 2 other children ages 1 and 2.5 that will play with this too when they begin learning to read) it’s still an awesome toy and my 4 year old loves it.You get 23 pencils. 5 red pencils that have each vowel. 18 blue pencils that have consonants (there are different letters on the front and back of the blue pencils. Note that you will not get a Q letter or a Y letter as none of the CVC words included in this set use those letters). There are 50 CVC word cards with a picture of the word on the front of the card and the actual word on the back and 2 wooden holders for the pencils. I really like that the vowels and consonants are different colors as it helps to teach children to differentiate from vowels and consonants.Although this toy is below my daughter’s level she really enjoys it. Upon first play we spent about an hour playing together with this toy. We searched for each correct letter to spell the word and then placed them in the holder. After our first time playing together she was able to play with this toy independently and has had so much fun with it. She thinks the little pencils are so cute and because of their cuteness she doesn’t realize this is an educational toy. She just thinks it’s cute and fun and she gets to show off her spelling and reading abilities.
Ms Jess Hawk –
Love this learning game! I like the letters on the pencils especially. Really good quality, would def recommend!
Rae DownsRae Downs –
Coogam Wooden Short Vowel Spelling game was cute and engaging. The students loved the little pencils. The red pencils are the vowels and the blue consonants. They fit well in the holes and were just the right size for little hands. The cards seem durable and are nicely organized by color corresponding to each vowel. For instance, the blue card set is for short u words: cup, sun, cut, bus, bug, nut, gum etc… The cards have a picture on one side and the word on the other. Students can build the word using the picture cue and check their answer with the word on the back. Each blue pencil has two different letters on it- front and back. That’s good as there are less pieces to deal with but surely harder to find what you are looking for. I would suggest using these with a tray for the pencils. If you don’t see the letter you are looking for, just give the tray a little shake and let them roll around. These would be great for beginner readers and Kindergarteners. Fun and self-correcting.
Bethany –
I got this for my niece, as she is starting early preschool soon. I probably overthought it since she just turned 2 but she along with my 4-year-old love playing with it. The vowels and consonants are different colors, so it helps when teaching and the pictures make the connecting words easy to figure out, since of course, she can’t read yet. The love matching the letters from the pencils to the cards, and we took it a step further and made a simple fine sand box that the girls can practice writing the letters from the pencil into the sand. My sister and I both love this and so do the girls.
Laura Koehler –
This educational game is great for kids learning how to read, but also really good for kids that know how to read, but need help with spelling. Both my 6 year old and 9 year old had so much fun with this. You can also play a game using the cards and have each person guess what the picture is representing. Whoever gets the answer first wins. Made really well. Love that the letters are on mini pencils. You can always make your own cards if you go through them all multiple times.