ENDING BLEND– An example of an ending blend is in the word “lamp”. You make a sound for both ending letters mp. Say it out loud slowly and listen for both sounds. Make sense? Final consonant blends games Now that you’ve said the word out loud you can hear the difference, can’...
Blends are formed by placing two or three consonants together in a word. For example, early readers may encounter "fr" in frog. That's a consonant blend! Blends can sometimes be confused with digraphs or trigraphs — where two or three letters come together to represent one sound (eg. sh...
Blend and digraph games This is where the fun begins. There are two beginning and two ending digraph games, making a total of 4 printable digraph games. To play, print out and laminate the boards and give each child their own copy of the record sheets. Digraphs activity To play the games...
Related Preschool Word Games That Promote Phonological Awareness As soon as sounds are learned, children can incorporate sounds into words. Before they can blend sounds together, they must know consonant and first vowel sounds. According to Connie Juel, a research specialist in literacy acquisition, ...
Related Preschool Word Games That Promote Phonological Awareness As soon as sounds are learned, children can incorporate sounds into words. Before they can blend sounds together, they must know consonant and first vowel sounds. According to Connie Juel, a research specialist in literacy acquisition, ...