Fun CCVC Word Games and Activities for Kids

Once your child has mastered simple CVC words like cat, dog, and sun, it’s time to step it up with CCVC words — words that begin with two consonants, such as frog, clap, and stop.

These words help children develop stronger phonics and blending skills, but they can also be a little tricky to say and spell at first!

Learning CCVC words doesn’t have to mean endless flashcards or worksheets.

With a mix of fun CCVC word games and hands-on activities, you can help your child hear, say, and blend tricky sounds with confidence.

Whether you’re a parent, teacher, or homeschooler, these playful ideas will turn learning blends into laughter and progress.

Fun CCVC Word Games and Activities for Kids

With a few fun CCVC word games and activities, kids can learn through play while building confidence in their reading and spelling.

Once children can confidently read CVC words like cat, dog, and pen, they’re ready for the next exciting step — CCVC words!

These are words that begin with a consonant blend such as bl-, st-, fr-, or cr- (think frog, flag, stop, and clap).

Learning CCVC words helps children strengthen their phonics, blending, and decoding skills, but mastering these tricky sounds can take practice.

The good news?

It doesn’t have to feel like hard work!

Le’s jump in and share simple, hands-on ideas that parents, teachers, and homeschoolers can use to make teaching CCVC words engaging, effective, and full of fun.

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What Are CCVC Words?

CCVC words follow the pattern:
Consonant + Consonant + Vowel + Consonant

For example:

• flag
• frog
• clap
• stop
• plan
• trap

The first two letters create a consonant blend — meaning both sounds are pronounced closely together but still distinct (for example, /f/ + /r/ in frog).

These blends can be tricky for little learners, especially when it comes to hearing and saying both sounds clearly.

That’s where fun games and hands-on learning come in!

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Why Teach CCVC Words?

Introducing CCVC words helps bridge the gap between simple CVC words and longer words children will encounter later on.

Learning CCVC words supports:

✅ Phonemic awareness – recognising multiple sounds in a sequence
✅ Speech clarity – articulating blends correctly (like fr- and cl-)
✅ Reading fluency – blending sounds smoothly while decoding
✅ Spelling confidence – breaking words into sound chunks

By adding just one extra consonant, children stretch their sound knowledge and reading stamina — setting them up for more complex words later.

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Fun CCVC Word Games and Activities

🎲 1. Blending Sound Hop

Write each sound from a CCVC word (like /f/ /r/ /o/ /g/) on separate pieces of paper and lay them out in a line on the floor.

Have your child hop from one sound to the next, saying each aloud, then blend them together at the end:

“/f/ – /r/ – /o/ – /g/… frog!” 🐸

This game gets kids moving while practising sound blending — perfect for active learners!

Skill focus: Phoneme blending and oral segmenting.

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🧩 2. CCVC Picture Sort

Print or draw pictures of simple CCVC words (e.g. flag, crab, plug, stop, clip, frog).

Mix them up and ask your child to sort them by their starting blend — bl-, st-, cr-, cl-, fr- etc.

For extra fun, create little “blend buckets” or baskets labelled with each blend for your child to post the pictures into.

Skill focus: Sound discrimination and blend recognition.

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✏️ 3. Build-a-Word Challenge

Use magnetic letters, letter tiles, or a printable CCVC word pack (available at CVC at Home) to build CCVC words together.

Say a word like “flag” and ask your child to:

1. Say each sound slowly – /f/ /l/ /a/ /g/
2. Find the matching letters
3. Blend them together and read the whole word aloud

Then mix it up! Change flag to flap or flat to show how one letter can change the meaning.

Skill focus: Decoding, sound manipulation, and spelling patterns.

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🗣️ 4. Silly Sound Swap

Turn sound swapping into a giggle game! Say a CCVC word like frog, then change the first blend:

“What if we change fr- to cl-? Now it’s clog!”

Keep going — see how many silly new words you can make together (real or nonsense!). Kids love the creativity, and it builds phonemic flexibility.

Skill focus: Sound substitution and oral language play.

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📖 5. CCVC Story Cards

Make or print small picture cards featuring CCVC words. Pull three or four and ask your child to make up a short story using them:

“Once a frog found a flag near a cliff…”

Storytelling builds comprehension, vocabulary, and memory while reinforcing sound patterns naturally.

Skill focus: Oral language development and reading comprehension.

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🎯 6. Blend Bingo

Create a bingo board with common blends in each square (bl, st, cr, fl, dr, pl, etc.).

Say a CCVC word aloud — if your child hears the matching blend at the start, they can mark or cover that square.

Add a reward (like a sticker or high-five) for a completed line!

Skill focus: Listening for initial blends and sound awareness.

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🎨 7. Craft the Blend

Get creative with craft time! Have your child make a collage or drawing for each blend:

• bl- → blue blocks
• st- → sticky stars
• cr- → crawling crabs
• fr- → fluffy frogs

Label each artwork and hang them up as a “Blends Wall” for easy review and celebration of progress.

Skill focus: Visual reinforcement of phonics patterns.

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🐸 8. Sound Detective

Play detective! Give your child clues about a CCVC word:

“I’m thinking of a word that starts with fr- and rhymes with log…”

Let them guess: “Frog!”

You can flip the roles and let your child make up clues for you next — they’ll love being the teacher!

Skill focus: Rhyme, sound recognition, and vocabulary recall.

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Extra Support for Teaching CCVC Words

If you’d like ready-to-use printable CCVC word activities, check out the CVC at Home CCVC Spelling Packs.
They include:

• Word-building mats
• Sound sorting games
• Printable flashcards
• Hands-on phonics activities

These are perfect for pre-primary and early primary learners — and ideal for home or classroom use.

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Fun CCVC Word Games and Activities for Kids

Teaching CCVC words doesn’t have to be complicated — in fact, it’s the perfect opportunity to bring play into phonics!

Whether you’re sorting blends, hopping through sounds, or telling silly stories, every little activity helps your child strengthen their decoding, listening, and pronunciation skills.

By making learning fun and interactive, you’ll help your child gain confidence in reading and spelling — one blend at a time. 🌟