Hey there, want to enrich your kid’s vocabulary with some interesting words? Are your little kids trying to say a lot? Don’t you think now you have to introduce your tiny tots into the world of some meaningful new words?
If yes, then we are here to help you with this journey. So, let us take the initial step to make your kid familiar with some interesting small words….the words with 3 letters. Here are some interesting 3-letter words starting with the third letter C.
List of Three Letter Words Starting With C
cam | a bootleg recording of a film |
cab | a taxi |
cad | a man who behaves dishonorably |
can | be able to |
cap | A kind of hat with a peak |
cat | an animal with soft fur |
car | a vehicle that has four wheels |
caw | harsh cry of a bird like crow |
cal | a unit of measurement (calorie) |
cay | a reef of coral, sand, or rock or a low bank |
cot | a camp bed/ a small bed |
cos | a lettuce of a variety/ a mathematical sign |
con | a person who decieves |
cop | a police officer |
cow | a mammal/a fully grown female breed of an ox that gives milk |
coy | to make a pretense of shyness |
cox | the person who sits in the back of a rowing boat, and controls the boat’s direction. |
coz | Short form of because |
cud | partly digested food returned for further chewing |
cur | an aggressive dog, like a mongrel |
cut | to turn something into pieces with a knife |
cue | a gesture or thing that serves as a signal to a performer |
Now, after learning some three letter words starting with C and their meanings, it is time to take a look at some interesting three letter acronyms that starts with the letter C. So, let’s enjoy:
List Of Acronyms Starting With C
CAO | Chief Analytics Officer |
CDO | Chief Data Officer |
CAD | Computer-Aided Design |
CAC | California Association of Criminalists |
CAA | Clean Air Act/ Center for Army Analysis |
CAM | Computer-Aided Manufacturing/ Chemical Agent Monitor |
CAE | Canadian Aviation Electronics/ Certificate in Advanced English |
CAI | Computer-Assisted Instruction |
CAP | Combat Air Patrol/ Civil Air Patrol/ Crisis Action Procedures |
CAS | Chief of the Air Staff/ Chemical Abstracts Service/ Close Air Support |
CAT | Computer-Assisted Tomography/Community Acceptance Testing |
CAV | Cavalry |
CAW | Canadian Auto Workers trade union |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
CFO | Chief Financial Officer |
CFP | Certified Financial Planner |
CIO | Chief Information Officer |
CMS | Content Management System |
CMO | Chief Marketing Officer |
COB | Close of Business |
CPU | Central Processing Unit/ Cost Per Unit |
CSM | Customer Success Manager |
CTA | Call To Action |
CTR | Click Through Rate |
CTO | Chief Technology Officer |
CSS | Cascading Style Sheet |
Activities With 3 Letter Words Starting With C
Sometimes, you try to teach your children many interesting new words to improve their vocabulary, right? However, all of your efforts can be wasted if your kid does not know when to use them or even how to use them.
Now, it is not possible to force your kids to read some books or even note down many new words with their meanings. This may reduce their interest in learning some new words.
So, to get rid of this issue, the perfect method is to engage them in some interesting game-like activities that will keep them focused and also work as some of the best practice activities.
Now, let us discuss a few word-activities that will encourage your little ones to properly use the newly learnt words.
1. Fill In the Blanks Activity
Fill in the blanks activity is one of the easiest activities that will help your kids to remember the newly learnt words without any difficulty. In addition, this interesting and fun activity will be of great help for their future academics.
Examples:
C_W
C_T
CO_
CA_
C_P
C_Y
2. Word Puzzles
There are different kinds of interesting word puzzles that you may enjoy with your little prince and princesses. One of the simplest ones is to use the scramble tiles and then you can tell your kids to unscramble them with ease.
This will prove to be a really fun and easy activity when you allow your kids to play this game with the 3 letter words.
First, you can draw all the letters on the pavement and then shout out a certain three-letter word, such as a cat. Then your children have to stand on each of the three letters of the word to enjoy and complete the game.
The opposite method of this game is also an interesting activity. Your child will step on the three letters one-by-one and you will have to pronounce the three-letter word created by them.
3. Name Game
To name something is always one of the most interesting and simplest activities through which you can easily strengthen the vocabulary of your kids.
When you are trying to introduce some important and useful three-letter words to your kid, it will be a perfect way to teach those words through a name game. In this activity, you just have to mention something and your child will have to answer.
Also, you can do this in turns, like once your will question your kid and your kid will answer and then just the opposite. With this game, you kids can enjoy learning three-letter words without feeling bored.
Examples:
Q: A domesticated animal that gives milk?
Ans: Cow.
Q: What do we call an aggressive dog?
Ans: Cur.
Q: What do we call a small vehicle with four wheels?
Ans: Car.
Q: When I ask you to call a taxi, it is a _ that you have to call.
Ans: Cab.
Q: What will you call a person who deceives?
Ans: Con.
4. Word Matching Game
This is another interesting game or learning activity which you can play with Flash Cards. One set of the cards will have some amazing pictures and the other set will contain the three-letter words written on them.
Next, you can use the three-letter words like cap, cab, cut, cat, cue, cox, cow, etc., and get the cards that have these words written on them. After that, you just have to show your kids how to read those cards and then match them with the respective words.
Also, you can show your children how to do the matching and then allow them to follow the steps previously done by you.
Conclusion
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