Teaching kids about blends helps them to develop the skill of segmentation, which is being able to split words into their individual speech sounds. This skill is very important for spelling. Here are some FREE printables for practicing digraphs, blends, trigraphs, word families, and more.
- Digraph Ice Cream Puzzles
- Digraph Games
- Blends Clip Cards
- Alphabet beginning sounds picture sort
- Blends Book
- Transportation Word Family Sliders
- Trigraph Readers
Consonant Blends
What blends are included?
This list tells you all the digraphs and words that are included in this pack.
- CL: clock, clown, clap, cloud, clip, climb.
- FL: flower, flamingo, flat, floss, flashlight, flag.
- GL: globe, glass, glasses, glove, glue, glow.
- PL: planet, plane, plant, play, plug, plus.
- SL: sled, sling, slice, slip, slide, slow.
- SP: spoon, space, spaghetti, spin, spray, spill.
- BR: branch, broken, braids, bread, bride, bridge.
- CR: crow, crayon, crown, crab, cry, crack.
- DR: drink, dress, dragon, drum, draw, dream.
- TR: trampoline, truck, trash, tree house, trunk, trophy.
- SK: skate, ski, skirt, skateboard, skeleton, skip.
- SN: snail, sneeze, snap, snow, snake, sniff.
How to prepare
Download this pack (below) then print the color or black and white versions onto card and cut apart. If using black and white your kids might like to color them before cutting.
Using these blend puzzles
- Review blends with your child. Can they move smoothly from the first sound to the second sound in the blend?
- Look at the pictures and say the words – what are the beginning sounds?
- Put the puzzle pieces together by matching the beginning sounds.
- A word list is included in the download in case you're not sure what words are meant by each picture!
Download Consonant Blends Puzzles
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