A consonant-vowel word is a word that begins with a consonant and is followed by a vowel.  Examples of CV words include: bee, key, toe, moo, tie, day, boo, zoo, hi, and no.

A vowel-consonant word that begins with a vowel and is followed by a consonant. Examples of VC words include: eat, up, ape, app, odd, on, in. an, out, and eight.

A consonant-vowel-consonant word is a word that begins with a consonant followed by a vowel and then ends with another consonant.  Examples of CVC words include: bat, nap, lip, kid, dip, mob, log, rat, pot, pop, but, mug, bud, and sun.

A consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel word is a word that follows the pattern of consonant, vowel, consonant, vowel.  Examples of CVCV words include: coffee, cookie, baby, taco, bunny. hippo, heavy, gummy, and funny.

Word structure is the pattern of sounds in words.  The most common types of word structure patterns include consonant-vowel (CV) words, vowel-consonant words (VC), consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words, and consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel words (CVCV). 

Typically it is best to use the consonant-vowel (CV) and vowel-consonant (VC) cards first to gauge your child’s ability at producing these words.  If your child is able to produce them correctly with high accuracy, it is recommended to start using the consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) cards.  The last step is to have your child try the consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel (CVCV) words.