Some of the C Words for Kids are cat, camp, can, circle, circus, close, curtain, cinema, chair, cold, cool, cup, coffee, calendar, coconut, come, carry, crude, centre, central, control, cake, carrot, carrier, courier, cream, cottage, cheese, etc.
In teaching the letter "c," we teach its /k/ sound first because the words that children are most familiar with—for example, "cat," "corn," "cow," "cookie"—begin with the /k/ sound. In fact, most words that begin with "c" have a /k/ sound. (We call that the "hard 'c'" sound.)
Letter c produces /s/ sound if it is followed by the letters 'e', 'i', or 'y'. For example, cent, Cinderella, and Lucy. ...
Letter c produces /k/ sound if it is followed by the letters 'a', 'o', or 'u' or a consonant at the end of the word. For example, car, coat, cut, and across.
C can make two sounds: /k/ or /s/. Similarly, the hard c sound is more common than the soft c sound. The hard c sound makes the /k/ sound as in cat. The soft c makes the /s/ sound as in city.
When c is in front of an i, y, or e, it is soft and says /s/. For example: city, cycle, and race. When c is in front of any other letter, it is hard and says /k/. For example: camera, car, and cone.
When adding suffixes with ⟨i e y⟩ (such as -ed, -ing, -er, -est, -ism, -ist, -y, and -ie) to root words ending in ⟨ce⟩, the final ⟨e⟩ of the root word is often dropped and the root word retains the soft ⟨c⟩ pronunciation as in danced, dancing, and dancer from dance.
Usually, a c or g sound is hard or soft depending on the vowel that follows it. Here's the general rule: When c or g meets a, o, or u, its sound is hard. cap, cave, colt, comedy, curly, cuddle gas, gather, goblet, goddess, gum, gutter. When c or g meets e, i, or y, its sound is soft.