3-Letter Word Fun: Identify and Write! (Ages 3-5)

How to use this worksheet

Look at each picture together and say its name slowly, stretching out the sounds — 'c-a-t.' Ask your child to identify the first letter of the word and write it in the blank, then help them complete the rest of the word using the picture as a guide. Repeat for each pictured word on the page. Finish by asking your child to think of five 3-letter words they already know and write them independently on the lines provided.

Materials needed

• Pencil
• Crayons

Extension activities

• 1Build 3-letter words using magnetic letters or letter tiles, sounding out each one as you build it.
• 2Play a rhyming game where you change just the first letter of a 3-letter word to make a new one, like cat to hat to mat.
• 3Write 3-letter words in chalk on the sidewalk and have your child hop from letter to letter while sounding them out.
• 4Draw a picture for each of the five independent words your child wrote.
• 5Read a simple picture book together and pause to point out any 3-letter words you spot on the page.