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The letter C makes two sounds—the hard C in words like cat and cup, and the soft C in words like city and cent. C also teams up with H to make the “ch” sound in words like chip and chop. This collection of C words for kids covers everything from simple sight words to advanced vocabulary.

C Sight Words – Dolch List

Pre-KKindergarten1st Grade2nd Grade3rd GradeNouns
can
come		 came could call
cold
carry
clean
cut		 — cake
car
cat
chair
chicken
children
Christmas
coat
corn
cow
Pre-K
can, come
Kindergarten
came
1st Grade
could
2nd Grade
call, cold, carry, clean, cut
3rd Grade
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Nouns
cake, car, cat, chair, chicken, children, Christmas, coat, corn, cow

C Sight Words – Fry List

First 100Second 100Third 100Fourth 100Fifth 100
call
can
come
could		 car
carry
change
children
city
close
country		 certain
class
complete
common
correct
course
covered
cried
cut		 cannot
center
circle
clear
contain
cost
cross		 care
carefully
check
close
cold
common
First 100
call, can, come, could
Second 100
car, carry, change, children, city, close, country
Third 100
certain, class, complete, common, correct, course, covered, cried, cut
Fourth 100
cannot, center, circle, clear, contain, cost, cross
Fifth 100
care, carefully, check, close, cold, common

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CVC Words with C

These CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words feature C as the beginning or ending sound, organized by vowel pattern. Note that C makes a hard sound before A, O, and U.

Short A words
cab calf cam can cap cat pack rack sack tack
Short E words
check deck neck peck speck wreck
Short I words
brick chick click flick kick lick nick pick quick sick stick thick tick trick wick
Short O words
cob cod cog cop cot block clock dock flock knock lock mock rock shock sock stock
Short U words
cub cud cup cut buck chuck cluck duck luck muck pluck puck stuck struck truck tuck

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CVCe Words with C (Magic E)

These long vowel words feature C as the beginning or ending consonant, with a silent E making the vowel say its name.

Long A words
cage cake came cane cape care case cave ace brace face grace lace pace place race space trace
Long I words
dice ice mice nice price rice slice spice twice
Long O words
code coke come cone cope core cove
Long U words
cube cure cute

C Consonant Blends

C combines with L and R to form consonant blends at the beginning of words, and teams up with H to make the “ch” sound.

CL blends
clam clamp clan clang clap clash clasp class claw clay clean clear clerk click cliff climb cling clip cloak clock close cloth cloud clown club clue
CR blends
crab crack craft crane crank crash crawl crazy cream creek creep crest crew crib crime crisp croak crop cross crowd crown crush crust cry
CH words
chain chair chalk champ chance change chant chap charm chart chase chat cheap cheat check cheek cheer cheese chest chew chick chief child chill chimp chin chip chirp choice choke chomp choose chop chord chore chunk churn

C Words for Kids by Grade Level

Pre-K & Kindergarten

Ages 3-6
Sight Words: can, come, came
CVC Words: cab, can, cap, cat, cob, cod, cop, cot, cub, cup, cut
First Nouns: cake, car, cat, chair, chicken, coat, corn, cow, cup

1st & 2nd Grade

Ages 6-8
Sight Words: could, call, cold, carry, clean, cut, car, change, children, city, close, country
CVCe Words: cage, cake, came, cane, cape, case, cave, cone, cube, cute, face, lace, pace, place, race, space, ice, mice, nice, rice
Blend Words: clam, clap, class, clean, click, clip, clock, close, club, clue, crab, crack, crawl, cream, crib, crop, cross, chain, chair, chase, chat, check, chest, chick, child, chin, chip, chop
Vocabulary: chapter, character, choose, citizen, community, compare, complete, compound, connect, consonant, continent, contraction, correct, create — See all 2nd Grade Vocabulary →

3rd Grade

Ages 8-9
Sight Words: certain, class, complete, common, correct, course, covered, cried
Advanced Words: cliff, climb, cling, cloak, cloth, cloud, clown, craft, crane, crank, crash, crazy, creek, creep, crest, crew, crime, crisp, croak, crowd, crown, crush, crust, charm, chart, cheap, cheat, cheek, cheer, cheese, chew, chief, chill, choice, choke, choose, chord, chore, chunk, churn
Vocabulary: caption, category, classify, climate, combine, conclusion, conflict, conjunction, contrast, contribute, curious — See all 3rd Grade Vocabulary →

4th Grade

Ages 9-10
Sight Words: cannot, center, circle, clear, contain, cost, cross
Vocabulary: chronological, cite, citizenship, claim, clarify, clause, climax, colony, complex sentence, compound sentence, conclude, connotation, constitution, consumer, context, convert, counterclaim, credible, criteria — See all 4th Grade Vocabulary →

5th Grade

Ages 10-11
Sight Words: care, carefully, check, cold, common
Vocabulary: Civil War, categorize, cause and effect, cellular respiration, characterization, checks and balances, chemical reaction, chronological order, cliché, coherent, cohesion, colonization, compare and contrast, compile, concede, consonance, controlled experiment, coordinate plane, corroborate, counterargument, credibility, critique, cultural — See all 5th Grade Vocabulary →