Winter CVC Printable Reading Game for Kids

CVC words are simple three-letter words that follow the pattern (consonant, vowel, consonant). Each word begins and ends with a consonant and has a short vowel in the middle.

CVC Word Game

CVC words are often the first words that children learn to read. These words help children understand letter-sound connections, short vowel sounds, and how to blend sounds into words. These skills are foundational for reading longer words later. 

Today I have a new free printable CVC word game for you to use with your students. This game has a winter theme. The game is fun for students and will help them learn to read words on their own and grow their mastery of simple words which will help grow their confidence in their reading skills.

Learning CVC words is part of the foundation of a structured literacy program.

This fun game has 33 CVC words, is easy to use, and will fit in with your curriculum in the primary grades. 

This printable game is one page and can be downloaded with your printer!  Just Print and Go!

The kids will need 1 or 2 dice or a spinner to play the game. The kids will take turns reading the words. The directions are located at the top of the game. 

Winter CVC Printable Word Game

This free printable game for kindergarten and first grade students is posted at my website (https://www.LearningWorkroom.com). 

Download and print it anytime at your convenience.

Have fun with reading! 

Using Venn Diagrams with Young Students

 Do you use Venn Diagrams with your students?

Venn Diagrams are a type of graphic organizer that students can use to compare, contrast, sort, and classify. They are especially useful to use with reading comprehension, math reasoning and scientific observation.

Venn Diagram

Venn diagrams help students turn abstract ideas into concrete visual structure. 

They support language development. They help students describe attributes and use comparative language (both, only, neither).

They are helpful in math (shapes, numbers, patterns, etc.) literacy (characters, settings, vocabulary, etc.), science (animals, materials, weather. etc.) social studies (communities, traditions, etc.)

A good way to introduce Venn Diagrams to very young students is to use real tangible objects (buttons, blocks, leaves, pencils, classroom supplies).

Next, students can draw pictures.

Start with simple categories (things that roll vs. things that stack).

Venn Diagram

Next, students can use written diagrams (fiction vs. nonfiction), (animals that fly vs. animals that swim), (animals that live on land vs animals that live in water).

After students have completed written diagrams, let them write sentences about what they learned. Let them read and share their sentences with a partner.

The more frequently students use Venn Diagrams in class, the more independently students will use them to organize their thinking.

I have some free Venn Diagrams on my website that you can download to use with your students.

Venn Diagrams

Venn Diagrams

Science Venn Diagram (Animals)

Please CLICK on the link below to get your free copies of Venn Diagram worksheets at my website.

Learning Workroom

https://www.LearningWorkroom.com

Have fun with Venn Diagrams! :)

R Blends Printable Game

 In 2025, I created some free, printable Blends Games (L Blends and S Blends) for you to use with your students. Today I am adding a free, fun R Blends Game to my website which you can now also download and print for your students to play.

Free Printable Phonics Game

The R Blends included are br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, and tr. Some of the words used are bread, cry, drop, frog, grow, print, and try. The game has 27 words with R Blends.

The game is lots of fun for students in kindergarten or first grade and will fit in well with your curriculum in the primary grades. Plus the game is no-prep! Just print and go!

Please CLICK on the link below to get your free copy of the R Blends Printable Game at my website.

Learning Workroom

https://www.LearningWorkroom.com

R Blends Printable Game

I usually laminate my printable games to make them last but if you prefer you can use a plastic sleeve to keep the games protected. (I usually buy my plastic sleeves at one of the Dollar Stores. They often come in different colors.)

Your students will need dice or a spinner to play the game. You can also print out free (quiet) paper dice at my website (same link as above) when you print out the game. I like to print on oaktag which now comes in lots of bright colors.

printable paper dice

printable dice

Here are links to read about the R Blends and S Blends Games which are also available for free at my website.

L Blends Game

S Blends Game

Happy New Year!

Have fun teaching with phonics and reading skill games! :)   

Making Printable Dice to use with Kids' Games

 Happy New Year!

Do your students play lots of printable games or board games? Do you need some extra sets of (quiet) dice to use with the games.

I have some free dice printables that you can download on your computer to make lots of sets of dice using heavy paper such as cardstock.  Plus cardstock comes in lots of vibrant colors!

paper dice for use with educational games

I have 2 versions that you can use. You can print the version with numbers or the version with dots. You just need the printable, a scissors, and some glue to make the dice for your students.

dice made with cardstock

LOVE THE VIBRANT COLORS OF THE DICE

DICE

The dice are great to use when playing games in school or at home!

The free dice printables are posted at my website (https://www.LearningWorkroom.com). 

Dice Printables

Download and print them anytime at your convenience. 

Also if you want some printable phonics and reading games to use with your young students, you have come to the right place. 

Click on the links below to see some of the fun printable games for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students.

https://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2025/11/4-printable-digraph-games-for.html

https://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2025/08/back-to-school-9-free-printable-reading.html

Sample Game

The games are no-prep, interactive, and easy to use. 

Each game is one page and can be downloaded with your printer!  Just Print and Go!

Have Fun with Educational Games in the New Year!