CVC Words List for Kindergarten: Short Vowel Families

Updated August 30, 2026 • 5 min read

CVC words (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant) are 3-letter words that follow a simple phonetic pattern. They are the essential stepping stone between learning individual letter sounds and reading full sentences.

Short 'A' Family (-at, -an, -ap):

cat, bat, hat, mat, rat, fan, man, pan, ran, cap, map, tap

Short 'E' Family (-ed, -en, -et):

bed, red, fed, hen, pen, ten, net, pet, wet, set

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