A Step-by-Step Short Vowel Phonics Workbook for Kindergarten
A step-by-step short-vowel workbook that helps children move from sounding out individual letters to reading and spelling CVC words independently. Practice begins with picture support and sound boxes, then gradually removes those cues so children are reading and writing words without prompts.
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That next step is Consonant Digraphs Workbook.
Short vowels and three-sound words, worked from six directions rather than one.
The same skill, three stages apart. Cues are there when it is new and gone by the time it is not.
A picture, a box for every sound, and a line to write the word.
The picture stays, the letters are jumbled. More of the work moves to the child.
No picture, no boxes, no cue. Just the words.
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Actual pages from CVC Words Workbook. Select any page to see it full size.
Take the free sample pack and see whether the format suits your child.
8-page PDF · US Letter · Free to print
A short sample pack that shows how a Wrenford page actually works — one guided page, one mixed page, one independent page, and a sentence sample, so you can see the support fading before you buy anything.
It is written for roughly ages 4 to 7 — children who know most letter sounds and are starting to blend them into words. Older children who need short-vowel practice can use it too; nothing on the page is babyish.
Not all of them. Most common consonant sounds and a working idea of the short vowels is enough to start. The early pages give sound support before asking for independent reading.
No. Pictures are used as cues early on, but the pages are reading and writing practice rather than coloring activities.
Yes. An answer key is included at the back, along with a progress tracker.
Yes. It works as a standalone sequence or alongside another phonics curriculum, because each section stays inside the pattern it is teaching.
No — and that is deliberate. Practice stays inside short-vowel CVC words. Digraphs come next in Book 2, and blends after that.
Consonant Digraphs, Book 2 in the Wrenford Wordway Reading Series.
More questions about using the books at home? Read the parent guide.
