Winter Phonics Pack (K–1)
Eight free winter phonics printables for kindergarten and first grade: CVC word cards, a snowman short vowel sort, mitten word families, a snowflake digraph hunt, three decodable readers, Elkonin boxes, read and color and a roll and read game.
Get the full pack by email
Every PDF below is a free direct download. The ZIP (820 KB) puts all eight in one file and adds three bonus files that are only in the email: Answer keys (for the sort, word families, digraph hunt, Elkonin boxes and Read & Color); Winter Phonics Bingo (30 different cards plus caller cards, all CVC words); Winter Reading Star certificate (to print and sign).
The 8 printables
Winter CVC Words: 36 Picture Word Cards
36 picture + word cards, 6 per page and sorted by short vowel: hat, cat, fox, log, hut, mug and more. Every word is a strict CVC word. Cut, read, sort.
Download PDF · 6 pages · 73 KB
Snowman Short Vowel Sort: Winter Phonics Activity
Sort 25 pictures by their middle vowel sound a, e, i, o, u under five snowmen. Mat, cut-out pictures and a write-it sheet.
Download PDF · 3 pages · 75 KB
Mitten Word Families: Winter Word Family Worksheets
Each pair of mittens shares one ending (-at, -op, -ug, -et, -in). Add a letter in front to build words and decide if they are real.
Download PDF · 5 pages · 56 KB
Snowflake Digraph Hunt: Winter Digraph Worksheets
40 snowflakes, each with a word. Read it, spot ch, sh, th or wh and color the snowflake with the matching color.
Download PDF · 2 pages · 51 KB
Winter Decodable Readers: 3 CVC Mini Books
The Big Sled, Snow on the Hut and Fox in the Fog: three 8-page decodable mini books that use only CVC words and 22 taught sight words.
Download PDF · 24 pages · 199 KB
Winter Elkonin Boxes: Sound Mapping Mats
20 winter words with one box per sound. Push a snowball token into each box as you say the word slowly, then write it.
Download PDF · 6 pages · 60 KB
Winter Read and Color: CVC Sentences
12 short decodable sentences such as 'The hat is red.' Read each one and color the picture to match.
Download PDF · 2 pages · 31 KB
Winter Roll and Read: Phonics Dice Game
Roll a die and the whole class reads the matching row of CVC words. Game board plus a score sheet.
Download PDF · 2 pages · 50 KB
How the pack is built
- Strictly CVC. Picture words are one consonant, one short vowel, one consonant (hat, fox, log, hut, mug). Sled and mitt are left out of the CVC sets because they have a blend or a double letter.
- Decodable readers you can trust. The three stories use only CVC words, the character names Sam, Meg and Tim, and 22 taught words. Each story page is checked by a script before the PDF is built.
- Hear it, not just read it. Every page has a QR code that opens the matching sound on our phoneme map.
- Print and go. US Letter, black-and-white friendly, one skill per sheet.
Where it fits
Use it from late kindergarten through Grade 1, once children know the five short vowels and can blend a CVC word. A sensible order is word cards, then the snowman sort and Elkonin boxes, then the word families and digraph hunt, and the readers last.
Guides on the same skills
- CVC Word List: 200+ Words by Vowel + Free Printable
- Word Families List: 23 Rime Families with 200+ CVC Words
- Digraphs List (Free PDF): ch, sh, th, ph, wh, ng
- Best Decodable Books for Phonics Beginners (By Stage)
- How to Teach Segmenting: The Skill Blending Depends On
- How to Teach Phoneme Blending: 5 Steps from /c/-/a/-/t/ to Reading
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