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Race to the Pond CVC games

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Today I’m excited to share my newest project: 15 easy-prep games to help your child or students master CVC words!

I love how simple these games are for teaching CVC words. Just print and play! Awesome to use with other short vowel activities.

Games for teaching CVC words

How to play

1. Print the game you’d like to play. You can choose a game that features short short a, e, o, i, or u words.  Or you can print a game that features a combination of short vowels.  So many possibilities in this pack of 15 games!

2. Get a playing piece for each player.  Our colorful transparent counting chips were perfect.

I love how simple these games are for teaching CVC words. Just print and play! Awesome to use with other short vowel activities.

3. Take turns rolling the die. Move ahead and read the word you land on.  There’s no penalty for reading a word incorrectly – but the other player should help if there’s a mistake.

4. If you land on a leap pad, you have to go back three spaces.

5. The first to the pond wins!

And the instructions are printed on each game board in case you forget. 🙂

P.S. In response to a reader request, the last game in the file is blank so you can add your own words.

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93 Comments

  1. Rivky Porgesz

    Hi,

    I’m looking for fun activities to practice basic reading. I did some of your activities, however, I found that most of them are board games. I’m wondering if you have any other ideas for me.

    Thank You so much for your great ideas!

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  2. Natasha

    Hi Anna

    I was hoping to get the printables “Teach CVC words with 15 free games!” but after clicking the link and entering my email, the email that actually came through was about your podcast (I’ve checked my spam folder too).

    How can I get the CVC printable?

    Thanks
    Natasha

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  6. Diana

    Hi,
    I can’t seem to locate this free printable anywhere. I’ve used the code to access subscriber printables but don’t know which item is the 15 games for CVC words.
    Please let me know how I can download it.

    Reply to this comment

    • Kate Dowling

      Hi Diana!

      This is Kate, Anna’s assistant. This set of 15 games is not in the Subscriber Library. Please click the green box on this page that says “CLICK HERE TO GET THE FREE PRINTABLE,” and then enter your email address. The file will be sent to you right away, so you can check your email for it. If you don’t see it in your inbox, check your spam/trash/junk/promotions folders. Thanks!

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  7. Heidi Snell

    I have download this amazing resource when I was in a different district. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to find it. I attempted to download it again, but it presented me with a box for my email and name. Once I enter it, it brings me to a sale you’re having on short vowel word family games. It won’t actually allow me to download the game.

    Thank you for providing such wonderful teaching tools! Your site is bookmarked on every computer I use!

    Reply to this comment

    • Kate Dowling

      Hi Heidi!

      This is Kate, Anna’s assistant. Once you enter your email address, the file will be sent to you immediately. If you don’t find it right away in your inbox, please check your spam or junk folder. Thanks for giving it another try! 🙂

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  8. Kelly Marshall

    Anna, I LOVE YOUR STUFF! I am so grateful for all the things you freely share.
    I was playing this game Race to the Pond (short o version) and my student and I noticed that the word “cat” was listed twice in the middle of the board. Was this a mistake or just testing us?

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  10. Michelle

    Thank you so much for all of these wonderful resources! I am a SPED resource teacher (K-3) and my kiddos just love them. As a first year SPED teacher these resources are a time saver! So engaging and I”m able to provide fun activities for all of my students to help them meet their goals!

    Reply to this comment

  11. Shannon

    I cannot tell you how incredibly helpful you have been to me as a first year teacher. You have created so many wonderful, engaging activities and printables for me to use with my special needs students. The resources and teaching advice you provide are invaluable and are really helping me to deliver the absolute best instruction I can to my kids. Thank you for providing them for free – you really are doing a great service to so many children.

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  17. Katie

    I recently found this game, and all of your Four in a Row activities and I absolutely love them! In fact several of my students are doing them today with a sub. I noticed that each has a blank template, but I was wondering if you happened to have an editable digital version? As a Title 1 teacher I serve 15 groups of students each day, and I’d love to be able to quickly modify it to each groups instructional level based on known letters/sight words.
    Thank you,
    Katie

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  18. Kathy

    Again, thank you for these resources, I tutor young children from my home using the Orton-Gillingham method and am always looking for something special for my struggling readers. Many of them enjoy games so much and yours are well done and thought out.

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  19. Jamie

    Thank you SO much for sharing all of these wonderful resources. As a teacher who works with struggling readers, I appreciate you sharing these fun activities and games for me to use with my students. These games will be a hit with my scholars! Thanks for your creativity and willingness to share

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  20. Winnie

    Hi, Anna
    Thank you so much for sharing these wonderful teaching ideas. I love these printables. It is great looking at my students practicing words and work with classmates happily. So thank you, thank you.
    Winnie

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  21. Kyna

    I’m a little confused on your wonderful “Race to the Pond” game. In looking at the example that you have printed on this page, if a child rolls a three, says “got” properly, do they then move ahead on space, land on a lily pad then have to move back three spaces? I’m probably overthinking this, but would just like a little clarification.

    Thank you for all of your wonderful work!

    Reply to this comment

    • Anna G

      Hi Kyna!

      To begin a turn, a child rolls the die. Then he moves forward. If he lands on a word, he reads it. If he lands on a lilypad, he goes back three spaces and then reads THAT word. Make sense?

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  26. Angelina

    I love working with these games, but wondered if you have a blank template of Race to the Pond so that I can create a version that targets specific vowel sounds for my students. Overall, a wonderful product! Thank you!

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  29. Gabriela

    Dear Anna, I am so happy I ‘fell’ on your website today, so much interesting stuff, to help our children. It will even improve my english (since it’s not my mother tongue). I love the games thank you for sharing this. Have a lovely day.

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  31. Katie

    Thank you so much for creating all these fantastic resources! This one will be great practice for my 4.5 year old daughter, and my 6 year old will have fun playing too!

    I just wanted to let you know that I noticed the word “cat” two times in the middle of the short o board.

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  33. Janel Shuler

    We are a group of Kindergarten teachers who love your VCV games. We are making a packet for our parents and would love to add this resource. We of course would not alter the games in anyway. Could we have your permission? Inman Elementary

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  37. clara lauber

    I love everything that you do. I am clapping for you! Your creativity and your willingness to share without my continuing to spend MORE MONEY is wonderful!

    Thank you,

    Clara Lauber

    Reply to this comment

  38. Penken

    Thank you so much! I am amazed at your creativity and I so appreciate your generosity. I am a Kindergarten teacher, but I also have several friends who homeschool. I passed your blog on to them! Blessings!

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  39. Quincy Russell-Greene

    Thank you so much for making this available for someone like me. I am a behavior interventionist and my friends need fun and different ways to stay engaged. I do not have an expense account so any time I can find something that helps and is “free” to use I am very grateful.
    Again, thank you so much for your work and for making it available, my little buddy loves it.

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  40. Fatima

    Thank you so much Anna for this wonderful resource of yours!

    its amazing what you could create to engage kids and on your way help people like me to do the
    same…

    keep up the good work!!!

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