CVC Word Cards with Pictures, 200 Phonics Cards
Category: Education / Phonics Cards
Help your child read short vowel words with confidence: 200 CVC picture cards with word mapping backs, plus 8 phonics games, mats and trackers. A4 + US Letter.
Watch your child look at a picture, tap three sounds and read the word all by themselves. These CVC word cards with pictures turn short vowel phonics into a calm five-minute routine, at the kitchen table or with a small group in your kindergarten classroom. Every card shows how its word maps sound by sound, so reading and spelling grow together. This is a printable set of 200 phonics flash cards with 8 games, sorting mats and trackers.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
• 1 ZIP file with 7 PDF files: the 3 main files in US Letter and in A4, plus a print guide
• CVC Picture Cards (52 pages): 200 two-sided cards, 8 per page. Front: a simple line picture and 3 empty sound boxes. Back: the word, then the word mapped into its 3 sounds with tap dots and a blending arrow
• Cards by vowel: short a 49, short e 26, short i 45, short o 42, short u 38, grouped in word families
• CVC Word Cards (11 pages): the same 200 words without pictures, 20 per page, for fast reading, and a one-page list of all 200 words by word family
• CVC Games and Activities (45 pages): 8 games with clear step-by-step rules, 5 vowel sorting mats, a Vowel Sort recording sheet, 2 I Have, Who Has? loops of 24 cards, a vowel cube and recording sheet, 8 Oops! cards, 6 bingo boards with a caller list, Map It mats, Write the Room (how-to and 6 recording sheets), 5 word trackers and a class tracker
• Print guide (5 pages): which file to print, double-sided settings, terms explained and a picture key
THE 8 GAMES
• Memory Match: match each picture to its word
• Go Fish by Vowel: collect sets of words with the same short vowel
• Vowel Sort: sort picture cards by their middle sound
• I Have, Who Has?: a whole-class reading loop
• Roll a Vowel: roll, read and write a word for each vowel
• Oops!: pull and read cards before an Oops! card sends them back
• CVC Bingo: read the word, cover the picture
• Map It Race: say, tap and spell words in sound boxes
WHY TEACHERS AND PARENTS LIKE IT
• Word mapping on every card: picture, sound boxes, tap dots and a blending arrow, in line with the science of reading
• Clean black line pictures with no clutter, easy for young eyes and light on ink
• Only the vowel has a color (a red, e blue, i green, o orange, u purple), so children notice the middle sound
• A clear school font with the a and g that children learn to write
• The word side is mirrored, so each word prints exactly on the back of its picture
• Sorted by vowel and word family, with small card codes that make the set easy to store
PERFECT FOR
• Kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms, small groups and literacy centers
• Homeschool reading lessons and parents teaching a child to read
• Reading tutors, intervention groups and ESL / ELL learners
• Morning work, early finishers and quick daily phonics review
HOW TO USE
• Say it: name the picture
• Tap it: tap one dot for each sound
• Map it: push a counter or write a letter in each box
• Flip it: check with the word side
• Read it: slide along the arrow and blend the word
HOW TO PRINT
• Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Reader and print at Actual size (100%), not Fit to page
• Picture cards: print double-sided, flip on the long edge
• Use white card stock (65-110 lb / 176-300 gsm) for the cards and plain paper for the sheets
• Laminate the cards and mats for dry-erase use
PLEASE NOTE
• This is a digital download. Nothing will be shipped
• Colors may look slightly different on your screen and printer
• Designed by Printivora: an exclusive design for our shop, built from our own original ideas and prompts, with the help of AI tools.
• For personal and single-classroom use only
• Please do not resell, share or redistribute the files
• Scissors, card stock, laminator and counters are not included
Have a question before you buy? Send me a message and I will be happy to help.