I love fun creative ways to work on learning CVC Word Family Words. I know that I keep coming up with fun ways to do it and it is loads of fun.
Today’s I-Spy CVC Short Vowel Words is another great way to work on sounds out letters and vowel sounds by finding the matching CVC picture.
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What is a CVC Word?
A CVC word is a consonant vowel consonant word. They are words like cat, pan, hen, pig, dog, and nut.
They are words that you can sound out each letter and then blend the letter sounds to make the word.
These words are some of the first words that kids learn to sound out. Each learning systems has a way they teach them.
BOB Books books are great examples of building word sounds.
Each i-spy CVC short vowel worksheet has 8 words for them to find. And all the pictures on the page also match the same short vowel sound.

Things to use with the I Spy CVC Short Vowel Words
I always get asked what we used with the printables. So I have a list here of all the items from the post and mentioned.
- printer
- copy paper
- crayons
- colored pencils
- dot marker
or bingo daubers
- sheet protectors
- dry erase markers
- clear glass gems
- clear counters
- mini erasers
- CVC Word Family Wall Cards
Ways to use the I Spy CVC Word Family Printable
You can start off by reading the CVC words list on the side. Kids can sound out the words. Then you can color the images on the page and check them off. It is super simple and easy to do. Kids do it any way they want.

Dot marker are always a great way to color the CVC words you are looking for. It works fine motor skills and less coloring for the kids that don’t like to color.

If you want to reuse the page then you can put the worksheet in a sheet protectors or laminate
and have them circle the pictures with dry erase marker
and check off the words.

You can make this a season fun with erasers for the different seasons to cover the word. This is a great way to reuse the sheet. You can also use clear glass gems for this

You can also find pictures that rhyme with the words on the list. You can use clear counters to cover the word and a picture that rhymes with the word. So you find bib and it rhymes with rib.

If the kids are up to a challenge, give them a copy of the CVC Wall Cards. You can give them all the sort vowel words like I did with the Short A page. Then clear glass gems. They can cover the pictures as they find them.

There are just a few of the ways to use this printable. Plus you can be creative with all the fun images!
What you will find in the Free I Spy CVC Short Vowel Words
- 1 page for each vowel sound: a, e, i, o, u
- Several Pictures for each page with a list of 8 CVC words to find
- No-prep printable
- 5 pages
Check out these other CVC word Family Printables
CVC Word Family Small Books: Short A
CVC Word Family Picture Bookmarks
CVC Word Family Paths By Word Family
CVC Word Family Playdough Mats
CVC Word Family Write the Words No-Prep Worksheet
Ocean Themed CVC & CVCC Word Family Writing
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