Name: Christmas CVC Word Cards | Word Building | Phonics | CVC Cards | Kindergarten
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If you’re looking for Christmas literacy centers that actually work for beginning readers, these Christmas CVC Word Cards are going to be your new favorite December activity.

Kids get hands-on practice with CVC words, short vowels, beginning sounds, ending sounds, and full phonics word building… all wrapped up in a cozy hot cocoa theme that is absolutely irresistible.

Each CVC card includes a clear Christmas-themed picture and blank “marshmallow” spaces where kids add the missing letters. Because the pictures match each CVC word, your students get meaningful decoding support while practicing the phonics skills they need most.

It’s developmentally appropriate, playful, and perfect for your kindergarten literacy centers, small-group phonics lessons, and independent practice during the Christmas season.

With five levels of CVC word building activities, this Christmas phonics set makes differentiation simple, predictable, and stress-free.

What’s Included:

Beginning Sounds CVC Word Cards

Students build CVC words by identifying the initial consonant sound and selecting the correct marshmallow letter. These beginning sound cards are ideal for early readers who are still building strong letter-sound connections.

Medial Short Vowel CVC Cards

Short vowel practice doesn’t have to be frustrating. These CVC vowel cards help kids focus on the medial short vowel using picture cues and hands-on word building. Great for students who need repeated practice with short a, e, i, o, and u.

Ending Sounds CVC Cards

Kids complete each picture-supported CVC word by identifying the ending sound. This builds phonemic awareness and strengthens decoding and spelling skills in a gentle, accessible way.

CVC Word Building Mats with Tracing Support

Perfect for learners who need scaffolded phonics support, these mats allow students to build CVC words while tracing each letter. This reinforces letter formation, encoding, and phonics all at once.

Full CVC Word Building Cards

These Christmas CVC cards let your kindergarteners independently build the entire CVC word without hints. A great fit for more confident readers during literacy centers or small-group phonics instruction.

Skills Covered with Christmas CVC Learning

Phonics & Decoding Development

Building and reading CVC words
Identifying beginning sounds, medial short vowels, and ending sounds
Strengthening short vowel fluency
Segmenting and blending phonemes
Applying phonics skills in meaningful, hands-on ways

Literacy Center Independence

Self-directed word building
Engaging, repeatable practice
Clear picture cues to support decoding
Consistent routines for December literacy centers

Motor & Cognitive Skills

Fine motor strengthening through manipulating marshmallow letters
Visual discrimination with picture-supported CVC words
Increased decoding confidence and independence

Additional Ways to Use These Christmas CVC Word Cards

Marshmallow Match-Up Race: Use the Christmas CVC cards in a fast-paced literacy center where students race to find the correct marshmallow letter. It reinforces CVC word building with tons of repetition.

Christmas Sound Sort Station:

Sort CVC cards by beginning sound, ending sound, or short vowel. This gives kids extra phonics practice during December literacy centers without adding more prep for you.

Oral Blending with Picture Cues:

Have students stretch the CVC word orally before building it. Picture-supported phonemic awareness helps bridge the gap between sounds and letters.

CVC Write-the-Word Practice:

After building each CVC word, children write the word on a whiteboard or in a phonics notebook. It naturally reinforces both decoding and encoding.

Partner CVC Match:

One student holds the Christmas cocoa cup cards, and the other carries the marshmallow letters. They walk around the room finding correct matches. Great for movement-based Christmas phonics practice.

Learning Standards Alignment

Even though this Christmas activity feels cozy and playful, it supports essential kindergarten phonics and CVC word reading standards.

Common Core ELA Standards

RF.K.2: Identifying beginning, middle, and ending sounds in CVC words
RF.K.3: Applying phonics skills to decode consonant-vowel-consonant words
RF.K.1D: Recognizing and naming lowercase letters and matching letters to sounds

Texas Pre-K & Kindergarten Guidelines

V.C.1: Recognizing and naming letters of the alphabet
V.C.3: Identifying, blending, and segmenting phonemes in CVC words
Supports kindergarten-level CVC decoding and phonemic awareness

Virginia Early Learning & Development Standards

LIT-1: Phonological awareness with beginning, middle, and ending sounds
LIT-3: Decoding simple CVC words using phonics knowledge

Why Teachers Love These Christmas CVC Cards

Perfect for kindergarten literacy centers
Fully hands-on and developmentally appropriate
Easy differentiation using five levels of CVC word building
Clear Christmas picture cues reduce frustration
Great for small groups, RTI, morning tubs, and December centers
SUPER engaging... kids literally ask to repeat them

If your classroom could use a little Christmas magic that still builds strong phonics skills… these CVC word cards are exactly what you need

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