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Take a visual, kinesthetic, and auditory approach to orthographic mapping with these FREE multisensory CVC word activities!
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Multisensory CVC Word Activities
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CVC word activities are essential for early literacy development, and help children develop phonemic awareness, vocabulary, sight word recognition and so much more. By working with CVC words, children learn to segment and blend sounds together, which is a crucial skill for reading and writing. With these fun and engaging multisensory CVC word activities, your preschool, kindergarten and first grade students will build decoding skills and reading fluency without even realizing it. Take a visual, kinesthetic, tactile and auditory approach to orthographic mapping with these CVC word activities!

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CVC Word Activities with Sound Boxes
Practice tapping and mapping sounds in CVC words with these color-coded CVC word sound boxes. The color coded CVC cards help students identify the beginning, middle and ending sounds; therefore, making it easier for students to segment each CVC word. Being able to easily segment CVC words and blend sounds is crucial for successful decoding! Plus, the color coding helps with directionality!
Bingo Chips
I like to start by giving students magnetic bingo chips. Each student will get a green, yellow and red chip.

The students place each bingo chip inside the corresponding color.

Then, they tap each word as they push each bingo chip into the boxes.

To blend the word, they use their magnetic wand and slide it across the bingo chips.
Pop-Its
If you can’t beat them, you might as well join them!

Students “pop” each sound, as they tap out the word with these individually colored pop-its.

Once they have segmented the word, they will slide their finger across the arrow as they blend the sounds back together.
Linking Cubes or Snap Cubes
Another fun way to use sound boxes is with linking cubes or snap cubes.

Students slide each colored cube down into the sound boxes.

Then, they snap them together as they blend the sounds.
Magnetic Letters
Students push down a green, yellow and red magnetic letter as they say each sound and then blend the sounds together.

Dry Erase Markers
Students can simply tap and map each CVC word using a dry erase marker.

Tap and Blend CVC Word Activities
In addition to using sound boxes, I also like to use these CVC word sliders where students can easily practice segmenting and blending CVC words with a multisensory approach.
The best part about these CVC word activities is that they come in three differentiated levels making them perfect for reading intervention or small group instruction!
Tap and Blend
Students can tap each dot to segment the word.

Then, they blend those sounds together by sliding their finger across the arrow.
Slide and Blend with CVC Bead Sliders
Of all the CVC word activities, this one always seems to be a favorite. Grab a pipe cleaner, as well as a green, yellow and red pony bead.

The students segment the word and slide a bead for each phoneme.

Next, they blend the sounds together as they push all three beads to the opposite side.

Smash and Blend with Play Dough
Play dough is an excellent sensory tool for segmenting CVC words.

The students smash the play dough, as they say each sound. Then, they use the arrow to blend the sounds together.
CVC Word Puzzles
The color-coded CVC word puzzle cards help the students easily sequence the beginning, middle and ending sounds from left to right.

Once the decodable CVC word puzzles are assembled, they can tap the letters to segment and blend each CVC word.

More CVC Word Activities
Keep your students actively engaged, as they tap and map their way to becoming better readers, with these CVC word sliders, puzzles and sound boxes!

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Ashley Sharp
As a dedicated Kindergarten teacher for nearly 20 years, I believe the words “fun, play, and creativity” can sit right alongside the words “developmentally appropriate, engaging, and rigorous.” Learning is meant to be fun and messy!
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